Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Lincum, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Henry Lincum registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 28, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Matagorda County
Henry Lincum
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Lincum
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 14 years
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsHenry Lincum reported 14 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 14 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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