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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Matagorda County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Matagorda County highlighted
Matagorda County on the 1870 county map

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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