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.
- 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
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 Fisherreached Texas about 1859
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 41 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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