Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Moses McMillan, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Moses McMillan registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 26, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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In Fort Bend County

Moses McMillan

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Moses McMillan
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Fort Bend County
15 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

McMillans elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named McMillan 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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