Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Phillips, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Phillips registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 22, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 20 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Samuel Phillips
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Phillips
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 3 years
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsSamuel Phillips reported 3 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Phillipses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Phillips
- Philips 23
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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