Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Winston, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Winston registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Andrew Winston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Winston
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
Other freedmen named Winston in Matagorda County
- Antonio Winstonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Winstons 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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