Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Rutherford, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Rutherford registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Anderson Rutherford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Rutherford
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 11 years
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsAnderson Rutherford reported 11 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Rutherfords 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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