Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Ford, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Peter Ford registered to vote in Austin County on July 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Austin County
Peter Ford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Ford
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Austin County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ford in Austin County
- Nathan Fordborn in Indian Territory, reached Texas about 1866
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 10 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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