Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Palmer, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Henry Palmer registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 6 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- 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
Henry Palmer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Palmer
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 1 year
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearHenry Palmer reported 1 year more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Palmers 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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