Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Matthews, Colorado County, Texas, 1869

Daniel Matthews registered to vote in Colorado County on November 16, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Daniel Matthews

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel Matthews
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
November 16, 1869
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Colorado County
18 years
Years in the precinct
18 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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