Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Pointer, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
James Pointer registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 22, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
1851186018621864186618681870
In Matagorda County
James Pointer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Pointer
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
Pointers 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.
African American genealogy in Matagorda County, Texas
Matagorda County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Matagorda CountyThe Pointer name in TexasBorn in KentuckySearch Matagorda County by name