Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Atkinson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Robert Atkinson registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 16 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
Robert Atkinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Atkinson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 13 years
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsRobert Atkinson reported 13 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Atkinsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Atkinson
- Atkins 5
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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