Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Law, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
John Law registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
John Law
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Law
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
Other freedmen named Law in Matagorda County
- Effa Lawborn in Africa, reached Texas about 1835
Laws 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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