Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mason Mathews, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Mason Mathews registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Mason Mathews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mason Mathews
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mathews in Colorado County
- Dick Mathewsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- James Mathewsborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
- 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 6 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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