Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sandy Branch, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Sandy Branch registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 29, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Sandy Branch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sandy Branch
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 29, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
Other freedmen named Branch in Fort Bend County
- Ben Branchreached Texas about 1866
- Drew Branchreached Texas about 1858
- Jim Branchreached Texas about 1866
- Jno Branchreached Texas about 1866
- John Branchreached Texas about 1866
Branches 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 42 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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