Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Ward, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Ward registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Benjamin Ward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Ward
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ward in Brazoria County
- Richard Wardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1852
- Sammuel Wardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 8 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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