Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Washington, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Willis Washington registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 12 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Willis Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Washington
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 18 years
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsWillis Washington reported 18 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Washington in Matagorda County
- Alex Washingtonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1859
- George Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
- George Washingtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- George Washingtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- George L. Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1845
Washingtons 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 11 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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