Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Doss Orange, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867

Doss Orange registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 8, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 4 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Matagorda County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Matagorda County

Doss Orange

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Doss Orange
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Matagorda County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 8, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Matagorda County
4 years
Years in the precinct
18 months
Years in Texas before Matagorda County
7 years
Signature, as written
"A. J. 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

7 years

Doss Orange reported 7 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.

Oranges elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Orange 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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