Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Young, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
William Young registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 31 years in Texas, 30 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 31 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1836
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1836 to 1870
William Young
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Young
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 31 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 1 year
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearWilliam Young reported 1 year more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Young in Matagorda County
- Ben Youngborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
Youngs 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 8 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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