Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Shade Croome, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Shade Croome registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 19, 1869. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 1 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 Florida and Texas marked
Born in Florida, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Florida
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

Shade Croome

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Shade Croome
Place of birth
Florida
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 19, 1869
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Fort Bend County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
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

Shade Croome 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 36 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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