Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Shelton Abraham Wright, Caldwell County, Texas, 1867
Shelton Abraham Wright registered to vote in Caldwell County on July 13, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Shelton Abraham Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Shelton Abraham Wright
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Wright in Caldwell County
- Armsted Wrightborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Henry Wrightborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- James Wrightborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- John Wrightborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Joseph Wrightborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
Wrights 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 Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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