Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Kemp, Matagorda County, Texas, 1868
Alex Kemp registered to vote in Matagorda County on January 31, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Alex Kemp
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Kemp
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 28 years
- Years in the precinct
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Kemp in Matagorda County
- Reuben Kempborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1835
Kemps 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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