Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Amos Richards, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867

Amos Richards registered to vote in Fort Bend County on July 31, 1867. He reported 1 year 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 Texas marked
Registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Fort Bend County

Amos Richards

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Amos Richards
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Fort Bend County
1 year
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Richards in Fort Bend County

Richardses elsewhere in Texas

All 32 freedmen named Richards in Texas

Variations of Richards

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

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