Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dorne Woods, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Dorne Woods registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Dorne Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dorne Woods
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Woods in Brazoria County
- Charles Woodsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1854
- Daniel Woodsborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1845
- Joseph Woodsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Wise Woodsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1845
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 13 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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