Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon White, Matagorda County, Texas, 1869
Simon White registered to vote in Matagorda County on November 16, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Simon White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon White
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "his X mark"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named White in Matagorda County
- Alfred Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Austin Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- J.K. Whiteborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Jesse Bob Whiteborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Mingo Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
Whites 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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