Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Ford, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Ford registered to vote in Harrison County on July 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 6 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
John Ford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Ford
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJohn Ford reported 5 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Ford in Harrison County
- Alford Fordborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Gibb Fordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1866
- Henry Fordborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
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 13 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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