Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sterling Maddox, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Sterling Maddox registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Sterling Maddox
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sterling Maddox
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 12 years
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsSterling Maddox reported 12 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
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.
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