Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Tobias Cobb, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867

Tobias Cobb registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Matagorda County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Matagorda County

Tobias Cobb

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Tobias Cobb
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Matagorda County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 20, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Matagorda County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Matagorda County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Matagorda County highlighted
Matagorda County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Tobias Cobb reported 3 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.

Cobbs elsewhere in Texas

All 10 freedmen named Cobb 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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