Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Stark, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Ben Stark registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Ben Stark
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Stark
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 19 years
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsBen Stark reported 19 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Starks elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stark
- Starks 16
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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