Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Syes, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
John Syes registered to vote in Fort Bend County on September 25, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County
John Syes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Syes
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- September 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 3 years
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Syes reported 3 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
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 33 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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