Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Coley, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Coley registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Africa as his birthplace and 32 years in Texas, 32 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Africa
- Birthplace
- 32 years
- In Texas
- 32 years
- In the county
- about 1835
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1835 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Coley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Coley (African)
- Place of birth
- Africa
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 32 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 32 years
- Years in the precinct
- 32 years
Other freedmen named (African) in Matagorda County
- Bodo Africanborn in Africa, reached Texas about 1835
Variations of (African)
- (African) 17
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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