Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Woodington, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Henry Woodington registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Henry Woodington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Woodington
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Woodington in Brazoria County
- Edgar Woodingtonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1847
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 8 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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