Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Monroe, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
James Monroe registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
James Monroe
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Monroe
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
Other freedmen named Monroe in Matagorda County
- Britton Monroeborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1845
- James Monroeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- James H. Monroeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
Monroes 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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