Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dennis Capita, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Dennis Capita registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 14, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Dennis Capita
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dennis Capita
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 6 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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