Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Reuben Kemp, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Reuben Kemp registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 32 years in Texas, 32 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 32 years
- In Texas
- 32 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1835 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Reuben Kemp
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Reuben Kemp
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 32 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 32 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
Other freedmen named Kemp in Matagorda County
- Alex Kempborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
Kemps 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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