Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Clayton Wood, Brazos County, Texas, 1869

Clayton Wood registered to vote in Brazos County on November 25, 1869. He reported 22 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
22 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
21 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Clayton Wood

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Clayton Wood
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 25, 1869
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Brazos County
1 year
Years in Texas before Brazos County
21 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

21 years

Clayton Wood reported 21 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Variations of Wood

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 47 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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