Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Gardiner, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Louis Gardiner registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Louis Gardiner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Gardiner
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
Other freedmen named Gardiner in Matagorda County
- Israel Gardinerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
Gardiners elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Gardiner
- Gardner 9
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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