Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Wood, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
William Wood registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 28, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Wood
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Wood
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wood in Brazoria County
- Henry Woodborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1840
- Wesley Woodborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
Woods elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Wood
- Woods 58
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 35 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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