Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Berry Bakeman, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Berry Bakeman registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Berry Bakeman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Berry Bakeman
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Charles E. Witherspoon"
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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