Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

S Norsworthy, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

S Norsworthy registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 20, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 2 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
10 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

S Norsworthy

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
S Norsworthy
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Fort Bend County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
8 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

S Norsworthy reported 8 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Norsworthys elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Norsworthy 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. Fort Bend County's entries fill 42 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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