Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Phillip, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Henry Phillip registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 29, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 5 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 Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Fort Bend County
Texas
Birthplace
29 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
24 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1840 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

Henry Phillip

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Phillip
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 29, 1869
Years in Texas
29 years
Years in Fort Bend County
5 years
Years in the precinct
5 years
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
24 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

24 years

Henry Phillip reported 24 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Phillips elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Phillip in Texas

Variations of Phillip

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

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