Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Issac Ard, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Issac Ard registered to vote in Houston County on July 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Houston County
Issac Ard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Issac Ard
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Houston County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac his X mark Ard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ard in Houston County
- Charlie Ardborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Thomas Ardborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
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 6 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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