Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edward McDonald, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Edward McDonald registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 22, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
17 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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In Fort Bend County

Edward McDonald

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edward McDonald
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
3
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Fort Bend County
17 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Variations of McDonald

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

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