Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Ward, Brazos County, Texas, 1868
James Ward registered to vote in Brazos County on January 27, 1868. He reported 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Brazos County
James Ward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Ward
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ward in Brazos County
- Strentham Wardreached Texas about 1848
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 29 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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