Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Greeley, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Moses Greeley registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Wood County
Moses Greeley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Greeley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Wood County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Moses Greeley"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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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