Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Brown Horace, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Brown Horace registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 7, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Brown Horace
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Brown Horace
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsBrown Horace reported 10 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Horaces 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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