Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Belman, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Willis Belman registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 8 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Willis Belman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Belman
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 13 years
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsWillis Belman reported 13 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
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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