Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Mathews, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Peter Mathews registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 33 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 33 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1834
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1834 to 1870
Peter Mathews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Mathews
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 33 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsPeter Mathews reported 18 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Mathews in Colorado County
- Dick Mathewsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- James Mathewsborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- Mason Mathewsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- Phillipp Mathewsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Mathewses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Mathews
- Matthews 20
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 15 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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