Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordon Ford, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Jordon Ford registered to vote in Wood County on August 2, 1867. He reported North Carolina 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.
- North Carolina
- 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
Jordon Ford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordon Ford
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- 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
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jason Ford"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJordon Ford reported 11 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Ford in Wood County
- Emory Fordborn in Alabama, 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 13 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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