Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pompey Higgins, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Pompey Higgins registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Pompey Higgins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pompey Higgins
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsPompey Higgins reported 14 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Higgins in Matagorda County
- James Higginsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1858
- Poldo Higginsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
Higginses 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 5 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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