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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gonzales County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Peter Mathis reported 12 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.

Variations of Mathis

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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