Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Drew Woods, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Drew Woods registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 26, 1869. He reported Mexico as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Mexico
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Drew Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Drew Woods
- Place of birth
- Mexico
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 44 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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