Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mat Wright, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Mat Wright registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 19, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Mat Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mat Wright
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wright in Gonzales County
- Charley Wrightreached Texas about 1860
- Lewis Wrightreached Texas about 1851
- Sandy Wrightreached Texas about 1851
Wrights elsewhere in Texas
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 14 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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