Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lucious Fletcher, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Lucious Fletcher registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Lucious Fletcher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lucious Fletcher
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Fletchers 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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