Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Page, Matagorda County, Texas, 1869
Henry Page 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
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In Matagorda County
Henry Page
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Page
- 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
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Page in Matagorda County
- Edga Pageborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Grey Pageborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- William Pageborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
Pages 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 18 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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