Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Haley, Matagorda County, Texas, 1868
George Haley registered to vote in Matagorda County on January 30, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
George Haley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Haley
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Act of naturalization"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Haleys elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Haley
- Hale 8
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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