Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Shepherd, Lamar County, Texas, 1869
Harry Shepherd registered to vote in Lamar County on July 6, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Harry Shepherd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Shepherd
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 6, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Shepherd"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shepherd in Lamar County
- George Shepherdborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Samuel Shepherdborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1865
Shepherds elsewhere in Texas
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 5 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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