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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Wood County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Nathan Flournoy reported 11 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

Other freedmen named Flournoy in Wood County

Flournoys elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Flournoy 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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