Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Anderson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Anderson registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 5, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Stephen Anderson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Anderson
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Andersons 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 1 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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