Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mathius Mason, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Mathius Mason registered to vote in Walker County on August 10, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Mathius Mason
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mathius Mason
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Matthias Haen"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mason in Walker County
- Andy Masonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1845
Masons 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 9 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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