Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Harkless Bryant, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Harkless Bryant registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 26, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

Harkless Bryant

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Harkless Bryant
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
3
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Fort Bend County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
15 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Harkless Bryant reported 15 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Other freedmen named Bryant in Fort Bend County

Bryants elsewhere in Texas

All 53 freedmen named Bryant in Texas

Variations of Bryant

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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