Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Mathews, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
James Mathews registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
James Mathews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Mathews
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mathews in Colorado County
- Dick Mathewsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Mason Mathewsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- Peter Mathewsborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1834
- 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 12 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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