Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alfred Atkinson, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Alfred Atkinson registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 24, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
27 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas
26 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

Alfred Atkinson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alfred Atkinson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Fort Bend County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
26 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

26 years

Alfred Atkinson reported 26 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Atkinsons elsewhere in Texas

All 8 freedmen named Atkinson in Texas

Variations of Atkinson

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 38 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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