Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Ward, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
George Ward registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 5 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
George Ward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Ward
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsGeorge Ward reported 6 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Ward in Harrison County
- Isom Wardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Joseph Wardborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1849
- Peyton Wardborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
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 27 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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