Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · page 1 of 2
Freedmen who registered in Matagorda County, Texas
68 freedmen registered to vote in Matagorda County, Texas, between 1867 and 1870. Open a name to read his entry and the original handwritten register page.
| Name | Birthplace | Reached Texas | Years in the county |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Anderson | Maryland | 1867 | |
| Sterling Austin | North Carolina | 1847 | 20 |
| Thomas Brown | Alabama | 1852 | 5 |
| Cary | Arkansas | 1852 | 15 |
| Robert Clinton | South Carolina | 1858 | 3 |
| Watt Cole | |||
| James Collins | Alabama | 1855 | 12 |
| James Collins | Alabama | 1855 | 12 |
| Preston David | Virginia | 1846 | 21 |
| Robert Earles | |||
| Thomas Figers | Tennessee | 1842 | 19 |
| Lucious Fletcher | Virginia | 1849 | 18 |
| Alfred Franter | Texas | 1830 | 37 |
| Lewis Gale | |||
| Alexander Gibson | Mississippi | 1848 | 19 |
| Daniel Gibson | Maryland | 1841 | 26 |
| Manuel Grady | |||
| Samuel Harris | South Carolina | 1842 | 25 |
| Richard Hawez | Virginia | 1854 | 13 |
| Horace Hawkins | North Carolina | 1847 | 18 |
| Washington Hawkins | North Carolina | 1847 | 20 |
| Henry Henner | Virginia | 1851 | 13 |
| John Holt | Georgia | 1862 | 5 |
| Joshua E. Hooper | |||
| Brown Horace | 1855 | 2 | |
| Moses Hurd | |||
| Thomas Jackson | |||
| Henry Johnson | Mississippi | 1850 | 1 |
| Lacallee | Africa | 1835 | |
| John Lewis | Virginia | 1852 | 15 |
| Joseph Lewis | North Carolina | 1857 | 10 |
| Jerry Mar | Virginia | 1852 | 15 |
| Antony Martin | Florida | 1864 | 3 |
| Nelson Masson | Virginia | 1847 | 14 |
| Manuel McNed | |||
| Alexander Moore | Alabama | 1857 | 10 |
| Henry Moore | Virginia | 1863 | |
| Charles Nelson | |||
| John Nelson | |||
| Doss Orange | Tennessee | 1856 | 4 |
| Samuel Perkins | South Carolina | 1864 | 3 |
| John Petiway | North Carolina | 1845 | 22 |
| Edmund Peyton | Virginia | 1842 | 15 |
| William Powell | |||
| Edmund Rady | 1835 | ||
| Moody Ramble | Georgia | 1854 | 13 |
| James Randal | South Carolina | 1842 | 25 |
| William Ranger | Alabama | 1858 | 7 |
| James Roberts | Virginia | 1855 | 2 |
| Samuel Rochelle |
Sources
These names come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Matagorda County's entries were written out by hand, so registrars spelled each name as they heard it. About Enslaved Texas.
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