Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Woodford Hughes, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Woodford Hughes registered to vote in Matagorda County on September 23, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 20 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Woodford Hughes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Woodford Hughes
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph Evans"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsWoodford Hughes reported 2 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Hugheses 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 16 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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