Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Bangan, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

William Bangan registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 26, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 2 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 Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

William Bangan

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Bangan
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Fort Bend County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
7 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

William Bangan reported 7 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

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

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