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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Harrison County
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

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

All 41 freedmen named Ford 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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