Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Neil Shaw, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Neil Shaw registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Neil Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Neil Shaw
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shaw in Colorado County
- Gustavus Shawborn in District of Columbia, reached Texas about 1863
- Samuel Shawborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
Shaws 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 53 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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