Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wm Edwards, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Wm Edwards registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 4 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Wm Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wm Edwards
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 10 years
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsWm Edwards reported 10 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Edwards in Fort Bend County
- Sam Edwardsreached Texas about 1846
- Simmon Edwardsreached Texas about 1866
- William Edwardsreached Texas about 1866
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 36 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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