Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Gibson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Gibson registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Alexander Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Gibson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "By Mark"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gibson in Matagorda County
- Daniel Gibsonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1841
Gibsons 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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