Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sidney Ferris, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Sidney Ferris registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Sidney Ferris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sidney Ferris
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
Other freedmen named Ferris in Matagorda County
- Green Ferrisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- Lindey Ferrisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1834
Ferrises 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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