Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Geo. Washington Ford, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Geo. Washington Ford registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 13, 1867. He reported 6 years in Texas, 3 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County
Geo. Washington Ford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Geo. Washington Ford
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 3 years
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsGeo. Washington Ford reported 3 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Ford in Fort Bend County
- Joe Fordreached Texas about 1844
- Thaddens Fordreached Texas about 1837
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 17 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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