Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867

Henry registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 29, 1867. He reported Africa as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Born in Africa, registered in Matagorda County, Texas

Africa
Birthplace: 28 years
In Texas: 28 years
In the county: about 1839
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1839 to 1870

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In Matagorda County

Henry

Texas

Name: Henry (African)
Place of birth: Africa
County of registration: Matagorda County
Precinct: 4
Registered: August 29, 1867
Years in Texas: 28 years
Years in Matagorda County: 28 years
Years in the precinct: 28 years

Matagorda County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named (African) in Matagorda County

Bodo Africanborn in Africa, reached Texas about 1835

Variations of (African)

(African) 17

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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