Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George L. Washington, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
George L. Washington registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
George L. Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George L. Washington
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
Other freedmen named Washington in Matagorda County
- Alex Washingtonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1859
- George Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
- George Washingtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- George Washingtonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- William Washingtonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1840
Washingtons 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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