Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Ford, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Ford registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Henry Ford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Ford
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. Ford"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Ford in Harrison County
- Alford Fordborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Gibb Fordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1866
- John Fordborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
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 49 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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