Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Odee Van, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Odee Van registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 14, 1867. He reported Africa as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 4 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Africa
- Birthplace
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
- 36 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
Odee Van
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Odee Van
- Place of birth
- Africa
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 40 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 36 years
Elsewhere in Texas
36 yearsOdee Van reported 36 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Van in Matagorda County
- King Vanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
Vans 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 6 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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