Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Shields, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
George Shields registered to vote in Colorado County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
George Shields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Shields
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsGeorge Shields reported 25 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Shieldses 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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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