Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gibb Ford, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Gibb Ford registered to vote in Harrison County on July 10, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Gibb Ford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gibb Ford
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ford in Harrison County
- Alford Fordborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Fordborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- 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 23 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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