Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Rochelle, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Rochelle registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Joseph Rochelle
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Rochelle
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
Other freedmen named Rochelle in Matagorda County
- Isham Rochelleborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1865
- Samuel Rochelle
Rochelles 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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