Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Israel Woodfall, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
Israel Woodfall registered to vote in Burleson County on November 17, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 2 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Israel Woodfall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Israel Woodfall
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsIsrael Woodfall reported 5 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Woodfalls elsewhere in Texas
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 29 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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