Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Luke Buirg, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Luke Buirg registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 25, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 3 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

Luke Buirg

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Luke Buirg
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
3
Registered
November 25, 1869
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Fort Bend County
3 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

Luke Buirg reported 15 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 39 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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