Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Mathew Hern, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869

Mathew Hern registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 21, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Kaufman County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas
17 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kaufman County

Mathew Hern

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Mathew Hern
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Kaufman County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 21, 1869
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Kaufman County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Kaufman County
17 years
Signature, as written
"Matthias Kern"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kaufman County highlighted
Kaufman County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

17 years

Mathew Hern reported 17 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.

Herns elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Hern 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 12 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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