Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Pendleton Yancey, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867

Pendleton Yancey registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 8, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 26 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Matagorda County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
26 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1841
Reached Texas
24 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1841 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Matagorda County

Pendleton Yancey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Pendleton Yancey
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Matagorda County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 8, 1867
Years in Texas
26 years
Years in Matagorda County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Matagorda County
24 years
Signature, as written
"Lewis Neale"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Matagorda County highlighted
Matagorda County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

24 years

Pendleton Yancey reported 24 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.

Yanceys elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Yancey 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 3 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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