Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Manuel Gafford, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Manuel Gafford registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 29, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 1 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
20 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

Manuel Gafford

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Manuel Gafford
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
3
Registered
November 29, 1869
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Fort Bend County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
19 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Manuel Gafford reported 19 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Gaffords elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Gafford 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 42 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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