Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edga Page, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Edga Page registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 3 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Edga Page
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edga Page
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 10 years
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsEdga Page reported 10 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Page in Matagorda County
- Grey Pageborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Pageborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- William Pageborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
Pages 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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