Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wise Woods, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Wise Woods registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Wise Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wise Woods
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 22 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
- Dorne Woodsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1841
- Joseph Woodsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
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 16 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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