Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Gilbert Woods, Hill County, Texas, 1867

Gilbert Woods registered to vote in Hill County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Hill County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hill County

Gilbert Woods

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Gilbert Woods
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Hill County
Precinct
Towash
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Hill County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Hill County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hill County highlighted
Hill County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Gilbert Woods reported 19 years more in Texas than in Hill 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 5 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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