Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Bankston, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Bankston registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Samuel Bankston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Bankston
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "W. S. Steward"
Other freedmen named Bankston in Matagorda County
- Henry Bankstonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- Lewis Bankstonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
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 10 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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