Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wesley Fisher, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Wesley Fisher registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 27, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 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 South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Fort Bend County

Wesley Fisher

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wesley Fisher
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 27, 1869
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Fort Bend County
12 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. It sits on page 41 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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