Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Shepherd, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
George Shepherd registered to vote in Lamar County on July 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 13 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
George Shepherd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Shepherd
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Lamar County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Millard Woodard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsGeorge Shepherd reported 3 years more in Texas than in Lamar County.
Other freedmen named Shepherd in Lamar County
- Harry Shepherdborn in Georgia, 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 7 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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