Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abe Pery, Matagorda County, Texas, 1869
Abe Pery registered to vote in Matagorda County on November 19, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 23 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
- 23 years
- In the county
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Abe Pery
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abe Pery
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsAbe Pery reported 5 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Variations of Pery
- Perry 61
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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