Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Shaw, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

William Shaw registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 24, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 11 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 Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

William Shaw

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Shaw
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Fort Bend County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
9 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

William Shaw reported 9 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Other freedmen named Shaw in Fort Bend County

Shaws elsewhere in Texas

All 64 freedmen named Shaw 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. It sits on page 39 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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