Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elisha Headdick, Matagorda County, Texas, 1868
Elisha Headdick registered to vote in Matagorda County on January 30, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Elisha Headdick
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elisha Headdick
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Marshall his X mark Amy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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