Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Wood, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Willis Wood registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 16, 1867. He reported 31 years in Texas, 31 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 31 years
- In Texas
- 31 years
- In the county
- about 1836
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1836 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Willis Wood
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Wood
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 31 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 31 years
Other freedmen named Wood in Fort Bend County
- Ambrose Woodborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Frank Woodreached Texas about 1866
- William Henry Woodreached Texas about 1866
Woods elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Wood
- Woods 58
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 23 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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