Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Stocket, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Joseph Stocket registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 17, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Fort Bend County

Joseph Stocket

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph Stocket
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Fort Bend County
5 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

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

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