Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Edwards, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
William Edwards registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 3, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
William Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Edwards
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Edwards in Fort Bend County
- Sam Edwardsreached Texas about 1846
- Simmon Edwardsreached Texas about 1866
- Wm Edwardsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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 6 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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