Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Shepherd, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Shepherd registered to vote in Lamar County on July 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 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
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Samuel Shepherd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Shepherd
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "William Wells"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shepherd in Lamar County
- George Shepherdborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 19 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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