Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Howard Gibson, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Howard Gibson registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 17, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County
Howard Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Howard Gibson
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 3 years
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHoward Gibson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Gibson in Fort Bend County
- Abram Gibsonreached Texas about 1856
- Frank Gibsonreached Texas about 1852
- Joe Gibsonreached Texas about 1866
- M Gibsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Mark Gibsonreached Texas about 1854
Gibsons 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 25 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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