Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Fields, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
William Fields registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
William Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Fields
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
Other freedmen named Fields in Matagorda County
- Daniel Fieldsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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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