Wood County · 1867 voter registration · page 1 of 6
Freedmen who registered in Wood County, Texas
262 freedmen registered to vote in Wood County, Texas, between 1867 and 1870. Open a name to read his entry and the original handwritten register page.
| Name | Birthplace | Reached Texas | Years in the county |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sampson Adams | Arkansas | 1862 | |
| Austin Alexander | North Carolina | 1863 | 4 |
| Wyatt Alexander | Mississippi | 1864 | 1 |
| Franklin Allen | Tennessee | 1854 | 8 |
| Harry Anderson | Georgia | 1857 | 10 |
| Lee Anderson | Georgia | 1863 | |
| Nedam Anderson | Mississippi | 1864 | |
| Frederick Andrews | Alabama | 1851 | 1 |
| Simon Andrews | Georgia | 1851 | 1 |
| John Anthoney | Georgia | 1859 | 2 |
| Granville S. Bailey | Virginia | 1864 | 1 |
| Green S. Bailey | Mississippi | 1864 | 2 |
| Willis Bailey | Tennessee | 1851 | 16 |
| George Baine | Kentucky | 1857 | 10 |
| Ferdenand Beall | Maryland | 1863 | 1 |
| James Bell | Georgia | 1855 | 12 |
| Josiah Bennett | Maryland | 1852 | 14 |
| Robert Benton | Georgia | 1857 | 10 |
| Peter Bingham | Tennessee | 1845 | 12 |
| Allen Blackman | Alabama | 1857 | 10 |
| Allen Blalock | Georgia | 1850 | 17 |
| William Boman | Louisiana | 1864 | 3 |
| Morris Booker | Arkansas | 1864 | 2 |
| Cornelius Boston | Maryland | 1851 | 16 |
| Ben Boyce | North Carolina | 1864 | 2 |
| Robert Boyce | Maryland | 1865 | 2 |
| Thomas Branch | Virginia | 1838 | |
| Moses Brazier | Mississippi | 1863 | 3 |
| Sampson Breakfield | Mississippi | 1853 | |
| Sawney Brown | Missouri | 1864 | 3 |
| Base Browning | Georgia | 1852 | |
| George Bufford | Tennessee | 1852 | 17 |
| William Bumley | Georgia | 1862 | 1 |
| Ben Burford | Georgia | 1857 | 10 |
| Jacob Burley | Georgia | 1857 | 12 |
| Moses Burley | Georgia | 1859 | |
| Ruben Burley | Georgia | 1857 | 12 |
| William Burley | Georgia | 1860 | 7 |
| Jeffery Burnley | Alabama | 1851 | |
| Joshua Burton | North Carolina | 1861 | 3 |
| Benjamin Calicut | Arkansas | 1845 | |
| George Campbell | Arkansas | 1860 | 7 |
| Elijah Canida | Kentucky | 1862 | 5 |
| Mark Canida | Georgia | 1856 | 10 |
| Henry Carson | Georgia | 1857 | 10 |
| Henry Carter | Georgia | 1854 | 13 |
| Owen Champion | Tennessee | 1864 | 1 |
| Ira Chapman | Mississippi | 1865 | 2 |
| Wyatt Chapman | Mississippi | 1863 | 4 |
| Fed Chisam | Mississippi | 1853 | 8 |
Sources
These names come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Wood County's entries were written out by hand, so registrars spelled each name as they heard it. About Enslaved Texas.
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