Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Ambree, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Ambree registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 27, 1867. He reported Texas 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Matagorda County
Texas
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

1845186018621864186618681870
In Matagorda County

Samuel Ambree

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Ambree
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Matagorda County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 27, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Matagorda County
22 years
Years in the precinct
22 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Matagorda County highlighted
Matagorda County on the 1870 county map

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 13 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 Ambree name in TexasBorn in TexasSearch Matagorda County by name