Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Woodus, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

George Woodus registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 27, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

George Woodus

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Woodus
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 27, 1869
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Fort Bend County
5 years
Years in the precinct
5 years
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
1 year
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

George Woodus reported 1 year 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 40 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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