Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Diggs, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
John Diggs registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 12, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
John Diggs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Diggs
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 16 years
Other freedmen named Diggs in Fort Bend County
- Ezekiee Diggsreached Texas about 1866
- Jordan Diggsreached Texas about 1866
Diggses 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 16 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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