Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ambrose Wood, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Ambrose Wood registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 27, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Ambrose Wood
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ambrose Wood
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 27, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 9 years
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsAmbrose Wood reported 9 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Wood in Fort Bend County
- Frank Woodreached Texas about 1866
- William Henry Woodreached Texas about 1866
- Willis Woodreached Texas about 1836
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 41 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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