Palo Pinto County · 1867 voter registration
Jacob Ward, Palo Pinto County, Texas, 1869
Jacob Ward registered to vote in Palo Pinto County on November 23, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Palo Pinto County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Naturalized in Red River County, Texas, in 1847" beside his name. Palo Pinto County registered 2 freedmen in 1867, 1% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Jacob Ward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Ward
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Palo Pinto County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Palo Pinto County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Naturalized in Red River County, Texas, in 1847"
Other freedmen named Ward in Palo Pinto County
- Isac Wardreached Texas about 1859
Wards 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 4 of the Palo Pinto County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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