Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Gibson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
David Gibson registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 22, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
David Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Gibson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
Other freedmen named Gibson in Matagorda County
- Alexander Gibsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
- Daniel Gibsonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1841
Gibsons 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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