Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Cansby, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Cansby registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Samuel Cansby
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Cansby
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
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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