Upshur County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Shack Roberts, Upshur County, Texas, 1867
Shack Roberts registered to vote in Upshur County on June 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Upshur County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Upshur County registered 764 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Upshur County
Shack Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Shack Roberts
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Upshur County
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Upshur County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Robertses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberts
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 1 of the Upshur County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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