Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Wood, Newton County, Texas, 1869

Joseph Wood registered to vote in Newton County on November 25, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Born in Louisiana, registered in Newton County, Texas

Louisiana
Birthplace: 3 years
In Texas: 3 years
In the county: about 1866
Reached Texas

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Joseph Wood

Texas

Name: Joseph Wood
Place of birth: Louisiana
County of registration: Newton County
Precinct: 1
Registered: November 25, 1869
Years in Texas: 3 years
Years in Newton County: 3 years
Years in the precinct: 3 years
Naturalized, how: "Louisiana"
Remarks, as written: "colored"

Newton County on the 1870 county map

Woods elsewhere in Texas

All 39 freedmen named Wood in Texas

Variations of Wood

Woods 58

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 9 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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