Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter North, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Peter North registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 10 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Peter North
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter North
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 15 years
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsPeter North reported 15 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Norths 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 9 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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