Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hector Drinkwater, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Hector Drinkwater registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 20, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
1847186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County
Hector Drinkwater
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hector Drinkwater
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 18 years
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsHector Drinkwater reported 18 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 27 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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