Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Osborn Shorter, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Osborn Shorter registered to vote in Matagorda County on September 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Osborn Shorter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Osborn Shorter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- September 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "By Act of Annexation"
- Signature, as written
- "Michael Evans"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearOsborn Shorter reported 1 year more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Variations of Shorter
- Short 6
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 16 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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