Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Alexander, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Alexander registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Joseph Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Alexander
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
Other freedmen named Alexander in Matagorda County
- Henry Alexanderborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1840
- John Alexanderborn in Vermont, reached Texas about 1862
Alexanders 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 7 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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