Wood County · 1867 voter registration · page 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Ringold | Arkansas | 1864 | 2 |
| Nelson Rivers | Alabama | 1851 | 14 |
| Abraham Robinson | North Carolina | 1858 | 9 |
| Nelson Rogers | Tennessee | 1853 | 6 |
| Harry Ross | North Carolina | 1862 | 1 |
| John Russell | Georgia | 1862 | 5 |
| Henry Samples | Georgia | 1864 | |
| John Sampson | Virginia | 1851 | |
| William Sanders | Georgia | 1853 | 1 |
| George Saunders | Virginia | 1857 | 1 |
| Aaron Scott | Mississippi | 1863 | |
| Boston Shamburger | Virginia | 1847 | 7 |
| Sany Sharp | Georgia | 1853 | |
| Toney Sharper | Tennessee | 1852 | 15 |
| Andrew J. Shelton | Mississippi | 1865 | 2 |
| Alexander Sheppard | Alabama | 1855 | |
| Daniel Sherman | North Carolina | 1846 | 17 |
| Jackson Sherman | Tennessee | 1847 | 17 |
| Samuel Sherman | Tennessee | 1847 | 17 |
| Allen Simpson | South Carolina | 1852 | 8 |
| Benjamin Simptins | Alabama | 1860 | 7 |
| Levi Sims | North Carolina | 1862 | 1 |
| Fed Smith | Mississippi | 1866 | 1 |
| Abraham Stephens | Georgia | 1860 | 9 |
| James Stephens | Georgia | 1860 | 6 |
| Jefferson Stephens | Georgia | 1861 | 3 |
| Randal Stephens | Virginia | 1864 | 3 |
| M.H. Stinson | Georgia | 1861 | 6 |
| Marcus Sullivan | Tennessee | 1851 | |
| Edmund Tarver | Alabama | 1849 | 9 |
| Albert Taylor | Tennessee | 1852 | 15 |
| Dennis Taylor | Georgia | 1857 | 10 |
| Harry Taylor | Georgia | 1858 | 9 |
| Lyman Taylor | Virginia | 1857 | 10 |
| Samuel Taylor | Alabama | 1851 | 3 |
| Isham Tell | Mississippi | 1852 | 15 |
| Harry Templeton | North Carolina | 1851 | |
| Edmund Thompson | Alabama | 1852 | 3 |
| Jack Thompson | South Carolina | 1855 | 12 |
| Peter Thompson | South Carolina | 1859 | 8 |
| George Tippett | Tennessee | 1833 | 13 |
| Job Turman | Georgia | 1852 | 12 |
| Nicholas Turman | Georgia | 1850 | 17 |
| Nelson Tyson | South Carolina | 1859 | |
| Stephen Wadlington | Virginia | 1865 | 2 |
| William Walker | Virginia | 1865 | 2 |
| Alex Walton | Georgia | 1842 | 18 |
| Wesley Ward | North Carolina | 1854 | 2 |
| Moses Watkins | Alabama | 1863 | 1 |
| Simon Watts | Mississippi | 1842 | 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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