Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Alexander, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Martin Alexander registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 3 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Martin Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Alexander
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 18 years
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsMartin Alexander reported 18 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Alexander in Fort Bend County
- Joseph Alexanderreached Texas about 1863
- Richard Alexanderreached Texas about 1863
- Samuel Alexanderreached Texas about 1864
- Tom Alexanderreached Texas about 1857
Alexanders 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 36 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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