Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Mason, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Henry Mason registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 12, 1867. He reported 30 years in Texas, 25 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
1837186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County
Henry Mason
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Mason
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 25 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 5 years
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsHenry Mason reported 5 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Mason in Fort Bend County
- Alex Masonreached Texas about 1862
- Jack Masonreached Texas about 1837
- William Masonreached Texas about 1866
Masons 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 15 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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