Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ike Bess, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Ike Bess registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 28, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 31 years in Texas, 31 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 31 years
- In Texas
- 31 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1836 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Ike Bess
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ike Bess
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 31 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 31 years
- Years in the precinct
- 31 years
Besses 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.
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