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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Woods in Brazoria County

Woodses elsewhere in Texas

All 58 freedmen named Woods 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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