Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Mattews, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
William Mattews registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
William Mattews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Mattews
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsWilliam Mattews reported 15 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Mattews in Bastrop County
- David Mattewsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- David Mattewsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Eligie Mattewsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Friday Mattewsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Primus Mattewsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
Variations of Mattews
- 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 3 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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