Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Davidson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Davidson registered to vote in Matagorda County on September 3, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Thomas Davidson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Davidson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 7 years
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsThomas Davidson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Davidson in Matagorda County
- John Davidsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
Davidsons 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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