Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Blair, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Louis Blair registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
1854186018621864186618681870
In Matagorda County
Louis Blair
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Blair
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
Blairs 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 14 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 Blair name in TexasBorn in AlabamaSearch Matagorda County by name