Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Otto Sheppard, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Otto Sheppard registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 22, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Otto Sheppard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Otto Sheppard
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
Other freedmen named Sheppard in Matagorda County
- Arto Sheppardborn in Africa, reached Texas about 1831
- David Sheppardborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1842
Sheppards elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sheppard
- Shepard 21
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 12 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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