El Paso County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Woods, El Paso County, Texas, 1867
John Woods registered to vote in El Paso County on August 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 1 of them in El Paso County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. El Paso County registered 4 freedmen in 1867, under 1% of its voters.
- Virginia
- 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
John Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Woods
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- El Paso County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in El Paso County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before El Paso County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsJohn Woods reported 19 years more in Texas than in El Paso County.
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 10 of the El Paso County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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