Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Ford, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
William Ford registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
William Ford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Ford
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsWilliam Ford reported 22 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Ford in Bastrop County
- John Fordborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1844
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 28 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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