Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Perry Magee, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Perry Magee registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 13 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "" left" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Perry Magee
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Perry Magee
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Wood County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Harper"
- Remarks, as written
- "" left"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsPerry Magee reported 22 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Magee in Wood County
- Jerry Mageeborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1845
Magees elsewhere 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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