Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Isaac, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Henry Isaac registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 30 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
Henry Isaac
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Isaac
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 10 years
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsHenry Isaac reported 10 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Isaacs 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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