Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Alexander, Matagorda County, Texas, 1869
John Alexander registered to vote in Matagorda County on November 18, 1869. He reported Vermont as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Vermont
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
John Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Alexander
- Place of birth
- Vermont
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Matagorda County
- Henry Alexanderborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1840
- Joseph Alexanderborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
Alexanders 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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