Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Mathews, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
William Mathews registered to vote in Galveston County on June 29, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
William Mathews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Mathews
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsWilliam Mathews reported 20 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Mathews in Galveston County
- Patan Mathewsreached Texas about 1860
Mathewses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Mathews
- Matthews 20
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 31 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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