Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Janes, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
William Janes registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 27, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
William Janes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Janes
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 27, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Janeses 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 40 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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