Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Woods, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1869
Washington Woods registered to vote in Van Zandt County on November 23, 1869. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 3 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Washington Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Woods
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Van Zandt County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsWashington Woods reported 4 years more in Texas than in Van Zandt 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 21 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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