Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Ford, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Nathan Ford registered to vote in Austin County on November 26, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Nathan Ford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Ford
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ford in Austin County
- Peter Fordborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
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 64 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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