Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Reason Hardy, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Reason Hardy registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 20, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 37 years in Texas, 37 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
37 years
In Texas
37 years
In the county
about 1832
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1832 to 1870

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In Fort Bend County

Reason Hardy

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Reason Hardy
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
37 years
Years in Fort Bend County
37 years
Years in the precinct
37 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

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 36 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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