Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Geo Kelser, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Geo Kelser registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 21, 1867. He reported 45 years in Texas, 11 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 45 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1822
- Reached Texas
- 34 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1822 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County
Geo Kelser
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Geo Kelser
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 45 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 34 years
Elsewhere in Texas
34 yearsGeo Kelser reported 34 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Kelser in Fort Bend County
- Henry Kelserreached Texas about 1837
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 28 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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