Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jerry Ringold, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Jerry Ringold registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Wood County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Jerry Ringold

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jerry Ringold
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Wood County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Wood County
1 year
Signature, as written
"Jerry Ringold"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Jerry Ringold reported 1 year more in Texas than in Wood County.

Ringolds elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Ringold in Texas

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 2 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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