Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Higgins, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
James Higgins registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
James Higgins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Higgins
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
Other freedmen named Higgins in Matagorda County
- Poldo Higginsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
- Pompey Higginsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Higginses 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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