Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lawson Woods, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Lawson Woods registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Lawson Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lawson Woods
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "L. Woods"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsLawson Woods reported 14 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Woods in Harrison County
- Bedford Woodsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Rufus Woodsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1847
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 50 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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