Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Ford, Newton County, Texas, 1867
John Ford registered to vote in Newton County on September 10, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Newton County
John Ford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Ford
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 months
- Years in Newton County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "John his x mark Ford"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ford in Newton County
- Clark Fordborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1844
- Mack Fordborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1842
- S.F. Fordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- William Fordborn in Mississippi, 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 4 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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