Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sandy Swetzer, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Sandy Swetzer registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 9, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Sandy Swetzer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sandy Swetzer
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "His mark"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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