Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Louis Manville, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867

Louis Manville registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Void since discovered under 21 years age" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Matagorda County
Texas
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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In Matagorda County

Louis Manville

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Louis Manville
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Matagorda County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 21, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Matagorda County
22 years
Years in the precinct
7 months
Signature, as written
"J. J. Carothers"
Remarks, as written
"Void since discovered under 21 years age"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Matagorda County highlighted
Matagorda County on the 1870 county map

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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