Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Flournoy, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Nathan Flournoy registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 15 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Nathan Flournoy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Flournoy
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Wood County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Nathan his x mark Flournoy"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsNathan Flournoy reported 11 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Flournoy in Wood County
- Sawney Flournoyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1845
Flournoys 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 3 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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