Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alexander Fisher, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Alexander Fisher registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 20, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
23 years
In Texas
23 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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In Fort Bend County

Alexander Fisher

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alexander Fisher
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Fort Bend County
23 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Fisher in Fort Bend County

Fishers elsewhere in Texas

All 45 freedmen named Fisher 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. Fort Bend County's entries fill 42 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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