Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Perry, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Perry registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Benjamin Perry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Perry
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
Other freedmen named Perry in Matagorda County
- Anderson Perryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1840
- Jackson Perryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
Perrys 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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