Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Matthews, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Robert Matthews registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Robert Matthews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Matthews
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsRobert Matthews reported 15 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Matthews in Colorado County
- Daniel Matthewsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
Matthewses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Matthews
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 19 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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