Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Woods, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Henry Woods registered to vote in Freestone County on August 17, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Henry Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Woods
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Woods in Freestone County
- Aaron Woodsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Woodses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Woods
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 26 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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