Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mat Eaton, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Mat Eaton registered to vote in Brazos County on June 21, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Mat Eaton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mat Eaton
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Registered
- June 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Eaton in Brazos County
- Daniel Eatonreached Texas about 1863
Eatons 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 3 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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