Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peyton Ward, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Peyton Ward registered to vote in Harrison County on July 2, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Peyton Ward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peyton Ward
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ward in Harrison County
- George Wardborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- Isom Wardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Joseph Wardborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1849
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 12 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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