Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Antonio Winston, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Antonio Winston registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Name struck through without explanation" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Antonio Winston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Antonio Winston
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Name struck through without explanation"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsAntonio Winston reported 14 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Winstons 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 3 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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