Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Woods, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Joseph Woods registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Joseph Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Woods
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 21 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
- 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 37 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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