Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dennis Stone, Matagorda County, Texas, 1868
Dennis Stone registered to vote in Matagorda County on January 27, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 4 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Dennis Stone
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dennis Stone
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Dennis his X mark Stone"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearDennis Stone reported 1 year more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Stones 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 17 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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