Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Emory Ford, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Emory Ford registered to vote in Wood County on August 2, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Emory Ford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Emory Ford
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Wood County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Emory his X mark Fort"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsEmory Ford reported 11 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Ford in Wood County
- Jordon Fordborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
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 12 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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