Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Robert Prichet, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Robert Prichet registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 23, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 32 years in Texas, 1 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
32 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas
31 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

Robert Prichet

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Robert Prichet
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
32 years
Years in Fort Bend County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
31 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

31 years

Robert Prichet reported 31 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

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

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