Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Brown, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Brown registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 5 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Thomas Brown
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Brown
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 10 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By County Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "13 June 1866"
- Naturalized, where
- "Lafayette City"
- Signature, as written
- "Gy Hend"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsThomas Brown reported 10 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Browns 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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