Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Barns, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Louis Barns registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 22 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Louis Barns
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Barns
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 1 year
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearLouis Barns reported 1 year more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Barnses 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 12 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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