Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Hamilton, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Henry Hamilton registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 17, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 12 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County
Henry Hamilton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Hamilton
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 4 years
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsHenry Hamilton reported 4 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Hamilton in Fort Bend County
- Prince Hamiltonreached Texas about 1862
- Tom Hamiltonreached Texas about 1866
Hamiltons 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 23 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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