Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Watt Cole, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Watt Cole registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 5, 1867. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Watt Cole
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Coles 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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