Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Buck Shepard, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Buck Shepard registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 15 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
30 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1839 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

Buck Shepard

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Buck Shepard
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Fort Bend County
15 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
15 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Buck Shepard reported 15 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Shepards elsewhere in Texas

All 21 freedmen named Shepard in Texas

Variations of Shepard

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

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