Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Russell, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Russell registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Delaware as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Born in Delaware, registered in Matagorda County, Texas

Delaware
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Matagorda County

Samuel Russell

Texas

Name: Samuel Russell
Place of birth: Delaware
County of registration: Matagorda County
Precinct: 3
Registered: August 21, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Matagorda County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years

Matagorda County on the 1870 county map

Russells elsewhere in Texas

All 20 freedmen named Russell in Texas

Variations of Russell

Russel 8

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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