Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bartemas Mathews, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Bartemas Mathews registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Bartemas Mathews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bartemas Mathews
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Mathewses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Mathews
- Matthews 20
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 Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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