Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jo Chester, Matagorda County, Texas, 1869
Jo Chester registered to vote in Matagorda County on November 19, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Jo Chester
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jo Chester
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Chesters 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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