Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Mattison, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Harry Mattison registered to vote in Leon County on August 28, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Leon County
Harry Mattison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Mattison
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Leon County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Harry Weatherford"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mattison in Leon County
- Perry Mattisonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
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 27 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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