Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Smith, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

John Smith registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 29, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 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 Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

John Smith

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Smith
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 29, 1869
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Fort Bend County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
13 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

John Smith reported 13 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Other freedmen named Smith in Fort Bend County

Smiths elsewhere in Texas

All 459 freedmen named Smith 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 42 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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