Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rufus Woods, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Rufus Woods registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Rufus Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rufus Woods
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "R. Woods"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Woods in Harrison County
- Bedford Woodsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Lawson Woodsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
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 36 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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