Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Franklin Ward, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Franklin Ward registered to vote in Galveston County on June 12, 1867. He reported 23 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 23 years
- In Texas
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Franklin Ward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Franklin Ward
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ward in Galveston County
- Henderson Wardreached Texas about 1859
Wards 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 15 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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