Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Matthews, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Matthews registered to vote in Davis County on August 9, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 9 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Anderson Matthews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Matthews
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Davis County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearAnderson Matthews reported 1 year more in Texas than in Davis County.
Matthewses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Matthews
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 21 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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