Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Monroe Young, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Monroe Young registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 19, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Monroe Young
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Monroe Young
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
Other freedmen named Young in Fort Bend County
- Christopher Youngreached Texas about 1839
- Henry Youngreached Texas about 1862
- Henry Youngborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Levi 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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