Ford · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Ford in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 47 freedmen

47 freedmen named Ford registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Newton County (5), Harrison County (4) and Matagorda County (4). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Mississippi and Alabama. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1837.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Fords registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Ford registered, on the 1870 county map
47
Freedmen
23
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1837
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Fords registered

Texas counties where the Fords registered
CountyFreedmen%
Newton County511%
Harrison County49%
Matagorda County49%
Colorado County36%
Fort Bend County36%
McLennan County36%
Austin County24%
Bastrop County24%
Brazoria County24%
Hays County24%
Hopkins County24%
Victoria County24%
Wharton County24%
Wood County24%
Bowie County12%
Cherokee County12%
Falls County12%
Galveston County12%
Houston County12%
Madison County12%
Orange County12%
Van Zandt County12%
Walker County12%

Where the Fords were born

Birthplaces the Fords reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia824%
Mississippi721%
Alabama412%
North Carolina412%
Texas39%
Georgia26%
Arkansas13%
Kentucky13%
Louisiana13%
Maryland13%
South Carolina13%
Tennessee13%

When the Fords reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Fords
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
2
1840s
14
1850s
13
1860s
18

Every Ford in the register

The Fords in the register, 1 to 47 of 47
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abraham FordFalls County1856
Alford FordHarrison CountyTennessee1855
Andrew FordBowie CountyTexas1849
Charles FordBrazoria CountyArkansas1847
Clark FordNewton CountyMississippi1844
David FordMadison CountyMaryland1864
Emory FordWood CountyAlabama1855
Frank FordCherokee CountyNorth Carolina1866
Frank FordVictoria County1866
G. N. FordOrange CountySouth Carolina
Geo. Washington FordFort Bend County1861
George FordColorado CountyVirginia1860
George FordHays CountyGeorgia1866
George FordVictoria County1866
Gibb FordHarrison CountyTexas1866
Grey FordWharton County1866
Henry FordHarrison CountyMississippi1852
Henry FordVan Zandt CountyVirginia1866
Isam FordMcLennan County
Isom FordWalker CountyGeorgia1855
Jim FordColorado CountyMississippi1859
Joe FordFort Bend County1844
John FordBastrop CountyKentucky1844
John FordHarrison CountyVirginia1856
John FordHopkins CountyNorth Carolina1852
John FordNewton CountyMississippi1866
Jordon FordWood CountyNorth Carolina1855
Jourdan FordHouston CountyAlabama1857
Maburn FordHopkins CountyNorth Carolina1852
Mack FordNewton CountyMississippi1842
Nathan FordAustin CountyIndian Territory1866
Oscar FordBrazoria CountyMississippi1837
Paul FordMatagorda CountyVirginia1847
Peter FordAustin CountyAlabama1848
Peter FordGalveston County1859
Peter FordMatagorda CountyAlabama1854
S.F. FordNewton CountyTexas1844
Solomon FordHays CountyLouisiana1866
Stephen FordWharton County1866
Thaddens FordFort Bend County1837
Wash FordColorado CountyVirginia1849
Washington FordMcLennan County1866
William FordBastrop CountyVirginia1844
William FordMatagorda CountyVirginia1847
William FordMcLennan County1866
William FordNewton CountyMississippi1844
William G. FordMatagorda CountyVirginia1847

Ford genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Ford in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Newton County holds 5 of the 47, Harrison County 4. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Fords in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (8), Mississippi (7) and Alabama (4) as their birthplaces most often, and 3 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Ford?

Newton County (5), Harrison County (4), Matagorda County (4). In all, 47 registered across 23 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Ford appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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