Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Fisher, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Fisher registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 17, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Wesley Fisher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Fisher
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 8 years
Other freedmen named Fisher in Fort Bend County
- Alexander Fisherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Alick Fisherreached Texas about 1850
- Austin Fisherreached Texas about 1858
- Washington Fisherreached Texas about 1849
- Wesley Fisherborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Fishers 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 24 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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