Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wyat Henry, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Wyat Henry registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Wyat Henry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wyat Henry
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
Henrys 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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