Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Curry, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Peter Curry registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 20, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 2 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 Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1867
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

Peter Curry

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Curry
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Fort Bend County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
1 year
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Peter Curry reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Other freedmen named Curry in Fort Bend County

Currys elsewhere in Texas

All 11 freedmen named Curry 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 36 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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