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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Tarrant County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tarrant County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tarrant County highlighted
Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Washington Ward reported 16 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.

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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