Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Matt Tate, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867

Matt Tate registered to vote in Van Zandt County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Van Zandt County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Van Zandt County

Matt Tate

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Matt Tate
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Van Zandt County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Van Zandt County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Van Zandt County
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Van Zandt County highlighted
Van Zandt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Matt Tate reported 2 years more in Texas than in Van Zandt County.

Other freedmen named Tate in Van Zandt County

  • John Tateborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862

Tates elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named Tate 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 11 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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