Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Woods, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
William Woods registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 12, 1867. He reported 26 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County
William Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Woods
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 24 years
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsWilliam Woods reported 24 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Woods in Fort Bend County
- Alford Woodsreached Texas about 1842
- Andrew Woodsreached Texas about 1845
- Archy Woodsreached Texas about 1866
- Blackman Woodsreached Texas about 1866
- Calvin Woodsreached Texas about 1861
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 16 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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