Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ned Shelton, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Ned Shelton registered to vote in Colorado County on August 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Ned Shelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ned Shelton
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsNed Shelton reported 17 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Sheltons 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 37 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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