Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Finn Grimes, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Finn Grimes registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 22, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Finn Grimes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Finn Grimes
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 11 years
Other freedmen named Grimes in Fort Bend County
- Ezekiel Grimesreached Texas about 1866
Grimeses 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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