Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Olivers Bissell, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Olivers Bissell registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 23, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Olivers Bissell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Olivers Bissell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 8 years
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsOlivers Bissell reported 8 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 38 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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