Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Woodson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Albert Woodson registered to vote in Harrison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Albert Woodson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Woodson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. L. Woodlow"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Woodsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Woodson
- 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 75 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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