Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Ward, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Washington Ward registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 1 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Washington Ward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Ward
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Tarrant County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsWashington Ward reported 16 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.
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 11 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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