Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph R. Mathews, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Joseph R. Mathews registered to vote in Grayson County on July 22, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Joseph R. Mathews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph R. Mathews
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mathews in Grayson County
- Jackson Mathewsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1846
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 8 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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