Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Green, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
George Green registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 22, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 4 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
George Green
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Green
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 4 years
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsGeorge Green reported 4 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Green in Matagorda County
- Baldin Greenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Greens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Green
- Greene 10
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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