Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Oscar Ford, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Oscar Ford registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 4, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
30 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Oscar Ford

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Oscar Ford
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
September 4, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Brazoria County
30 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Ford in Brazoria County

Fords elsewhere in Texas

All 41 freedmen named Ford 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 30 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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