Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Alston, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
William Alston registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
William Alston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Alston
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alston in Matagorda County
- Zeke Alstonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1843
Alstons 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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