Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Matthew Fletcher, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Matthew Fletcher registered to vote in Wood County on August 14, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Matthew Fletcher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Matthew Fletcher
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Wood County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Mathew his X mark Fletcher"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsMatthew Fletcher reported 2 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Fletchers elsewhere 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 18 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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