Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Mack Ford, Newton County, Texas, 1867

Mack Ford registered to vote in Newton County on September 9, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Newton County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
25 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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In Newton County

Mack Ford

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Mack Ford
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Newton County
Precinct
2
Registered
September 9, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Newton County
25 years
Years in the precinct
25 years
Signature, as written
"Mack his x mark Ford"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Newton County highlighted
Newton County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Ford in Newton County

  • Clark Fordborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1844
  • John Fordborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
  • S.F. Fordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
  • William Fordborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1844

Fords elsewhere in Texas

All 41 freedmen named Ford 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 Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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