Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

F.R. Rightman, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

F.R. Rightman registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 24, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 25 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 Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1844
Reached Texas
24 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1844 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

F.R. Rightman

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
F.R. Rightman
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Fort Bend County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
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

F.R. Rightman reported 24 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. Fort Bend County's entries fill 42 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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