Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Grey Page, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Grey Page registered to vote in Matagorda County on September 2, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Grey Page
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Grey Page
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 10 years
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsGrey Page reported 10 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Page in Matagorda County
- Edga Pageborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- 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 15 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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