Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Bedford Woods, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Bedford Woods registered to vote in Harrison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Tennessee
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

Bedford Woods

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Bedford Woods
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 22, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Harrison County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Signature, as written
"B. L. Woods"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Woods in Harrison County

Woodses elsewhere in Texas

All 58 freedmen named Woods 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 75 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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