Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Dennis, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Dennis registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 22, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Thomas Dennis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Dennis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
Dennises 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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