Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Lingham, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Frank Lingham registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 11 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Frank Lingham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Lingham
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 16 years
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsFrank Lingham reported 16 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
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 7 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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