Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon White, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Simon White registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Simon White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon White
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
Other freedmen named White in Matagorda County
- Alfred Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Austin Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- J.K. Whiteborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Jesse Bob Whiteborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Mingo Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
Whites 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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