Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Figers, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Figers registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 25 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Thomas Figers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Figers
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsThomas Figers reported 6 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
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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