Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Bankston, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Henry Bankston registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Henry Bankston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Bankston
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Bankston in Matagorda County
- Lewis Bankstonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Samuel Bankstonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
Bankstons 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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