Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Bagley, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Louis Bagley registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 20 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "V" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Louis Bagley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Bagley
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "V"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsLouis Bagley reported 2 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Bagleys 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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