Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sterling Matthews, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Sterling Matthews registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 17, 1867. He reported 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Sterling Matthews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sterling Matthews
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Matthews in Gonzales County
- Charles Matthewsreached Texas about 1850
- Orange Matthewsreached Texas about 1841
Matthewses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Matthews
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 10 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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