Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Josiah Bennett, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Josiah Bennett registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 14 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Maryland and Texas marked
Born in Maryland, registered in Wood County, Texas
Maryland
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Josiah Bennett

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Josiah Bennett
Place of birth
Maryland
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Wood County
14 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Wood County
1 year
Signature, as written
"Josiah his x mark Bennett"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Josiah Bennett reported 1 year more in Texas than in Wood County.

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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