Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Monroe Matt, Parker County, Texas, 1867
Monroe Matt registered to vote in Parker County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 5 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Monroe Matt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Monroe Matt
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Parker County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Parker County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsMonroe Matt reported 9 years more in Texas than in Parker County.
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 5 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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