Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Kyle, Matagorda County, Texas, 1869
Abraham Kyle registered to vote in Matagorda County on November 19, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In the county
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Abraham Kyle
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Kyle
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 18 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By Dist Court No. 6"
- Naturalized, when
- "1861 Spring Term"
- Naturalized, where
- "Matagorda City"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsAbraham Kyle reported 18 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Kyles 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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