Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Rady, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Rady registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 5, 1867. He reported 32 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- 32 years
- In Texas
- about 1835
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1835 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Edmund Rady
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Rady
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 32 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Articles of Convention to U.S."
- Naturalized, when
- "1845"
- Signature, as written
- "Ben E. Stratton Jr."
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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