Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Mathas, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Mathas registered to vote in Galveston County on June 28, 1867. He reported 28 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 28 years
- In Texas
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Joseph Mathas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Mathas
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mathas in Galveston County
- Thomas Mathasreached Texas about 1841
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 29 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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