Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Young, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Henry Young registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 19, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 4 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Young
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Young
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 2 years
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsHenry Young reported 2 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Young in Fort Bend County
- Christopher Youngreached Texas about 1839
- Henry Youngreached Texas about 1862
- Levi Youngborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- Monroe Youngborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- Morgan Youngborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
Youngs 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 36 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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