Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rice Banks, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Rice Banks registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Rice Banks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rice Banks
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
Other freedmen named Banks in Matagorda County
- Marion John Wesley Banksborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
Bankses 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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