Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jos Townsend, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1868
Jos Townsend registered to vote in Fort Bend County on January 28, 1868. He reported 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Jos Townsend
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jos Townsend
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 23 years
Other freedmen named Townsend in Fort Bend County
- Alfred Townsendreached Texas about 1839
Townsends elsewhere 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 34 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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