Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Shephard, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
James Shephard registered to vote in Colorado County on July 11, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Colorado County
James Shephard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Shephard
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shephard in Colorado County
- Sam Shephardborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1839
Shephards elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Shephard
- Shepard 21
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 1 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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