Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Foster, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Nelson Foster registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 20, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Nelson Foster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Foster
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Foster in Fort Bend County
- Abram Fosterreached Texas about 1866
- Adam Fosterreached Texas about 1866
- Ferdinand Fosterreached Texas about 1866
- Fields Fosterreached Texas about 1866
- Geo Fosterreached Texas about 1851
Fosters 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 37 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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