Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mathew Fort, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Mathew Fort registered to vote in Bowie County on November 22, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 2 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Mathew Fort
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mathew Fort
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Bowie County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsMathew Fort reported 20 years more in Texas than in Bowie County.
Other freedmen named Fort in Bowie County
- Anderson Fortborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Andrew Fortborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1862
- Baker Fortborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Berry Fortborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Ennis Fortborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
Forts elsewhere in Texas
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 20 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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