Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Rochelle, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Rochelle 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Matagorda County, Texas

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Rochelle
County of registration
Matagorda County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 5, 1867
Naturalized, how
"Naturalization Papers"
Naturalized, when
"22 Oct. 1866"
Naturalized, where
"Matagorda City"
Signature, as written
"Arthur C. Bruce"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Matagorda County highlighted
Matagorda County on the 1870 county map

Rochelles elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Rochelle 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 2 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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