Denton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Ballard, Denton County, Texas, 1867
John Ballard registered to vote in Denton County on August 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Denton County. Denton County registered 61 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Denton County
John Ballard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Ballard
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Denton County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Denton County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
Ballards 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. Denton County's entries fill 28 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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