Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cary, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Cary registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 6, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Cary
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cary
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "By Mark"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Carys 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 2 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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