Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Luke Ward, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Luke Ward registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 27, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Luke Ward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Luke Ward
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
Other freedmen named Ward in Matagorda County
- Mark Wardborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
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 13 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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