Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Word, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

James Word registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 25, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 2 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
13 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

James Word

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Word
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 25, 1869
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Fort Bend County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
11 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

James Word reported 11 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Words elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Word 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 39 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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