Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Woods, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Henry Woods registered to vote in Davis County on July 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 9 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Henry Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Woods
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Davis County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsHenry Woods reported 5 years more in Texas than in Davis 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 4 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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