Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Paul Ford, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Paul Ford registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Paul Ford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Paul Ford
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
Other freedmen named Ford in Matagorda County
- Peter Fordborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- William Fordborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- William G. Fordborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
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 Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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