Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Ward, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
William Ward registered to vote in Hunt County on August 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
William Ward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Ward
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "William x Maids"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsWilliam Ward reported 18 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Other freedmen named Ward in Hunt County
- Cezar Wardborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Oliver Wardborn in Georgia
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 18 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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