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.
- 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
Other freedmen named McDonald in Fort Bend County
- Dick McDonaldreached Texas about 1850
McDonalds elsewhere in Texas
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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