Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Mathis, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Peter Mathis registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 23, 1869. He reported 35 years in Texas, 23 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1834
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1834 to 1870
Peter Mathis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Mathis
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsPeter Mathis reported 12 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Mathises elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Mathis
- Matthis 6
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 42 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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