Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cato Giles, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Cato Giles registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Cato Giles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cato Giles
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
Gileses 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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