Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Ford, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Joe Ford registered to vote in Fort Bend County on September 27, 1867. He reported 23 years in Texas, 19 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
1844186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County
Joe Ford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Ford
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- September 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 19 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 4 years
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJoe Ford reported 4 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Ford in Fort Bend County
- Geo. Washington Fordreached Texas about 1861
- 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 33 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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