Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sterling Wood, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Sterling Wood registered to vote in Harrison County on August 1, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Sterling Wood
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sterling Wood
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Woods"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wood in Harrison County
- Alonzo Woodborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
Woods elsewhere 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 54 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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