Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Oliver Hanston, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Oliver Hanston registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Wood County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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In Wood County

Oliver Hanston

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Oliver Hanston
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Wood County
9 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Signature, as written
"Oliver his x mark Houston"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

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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