Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Woods, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Charles Woods registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 23, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Charles Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Woods
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Woods in Brazoria County
- Daniel Woodsborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1845
- Dorne Woodsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1841
- 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 39 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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