Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wash McCoy, Matagorda County, Texas, 1868
Wash McCoy registered to vote in Matagorda County on January 29, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 9 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Wash McCoy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wash McCoy
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 15 years
- Naturalized, how
- "act of convention"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsWash McCoy reported 15 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
McCoys 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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