Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Perry Mattison, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Perry Mattison registered to vote in Leon County on August 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 10 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Perry Mattison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Perry Mattison
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Leon County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry x Weatherford"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsPerry Mattison reported 4 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Mattison in Leon County
- Harry Mattisonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
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 2 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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