Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Green, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Sam Green registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 29, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 2 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
19 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
17 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

Sam Green

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Green
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 29, 1869
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Fort Bend County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
17 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

17 years

Sam Green reported 17 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Other freedmen named Green in Fort Bend County

Greens elsewhere in Texas

All 225 freedmen named Green in Texas

Variations of Green

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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