Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Ford, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Charles Ford registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 18 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Charles Ford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Ford
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsCharles Ford reported 2 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Ford in Brazoria County
- Oscar Fordborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1837
Fords 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 6 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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