Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Mathews, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Washington Mathews registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Washington Mathews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Mathews
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. Mathews."
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Mathews in Harrison County
- David Mathewsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Harrison Mathewsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- John H. Mathewsborn in Louisiana, 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 46 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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