Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Poldo Higgins, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Poldo Higgins registered to vote in Matagorda County on September 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 6 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Time in precinct was 20 days" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Poldo Higgins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Poldo Higgins
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Time in precinct was 20 days"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearPoldo Higgins reported 1 year more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Higgins in Matagorda County
- James Higginsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1858
- Pompey Higginsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Higginses 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 15 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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