Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry White, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Henry White registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- 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
Henry White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry White
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- 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
- "Henry his x mark White"
Other freedmen named White in Wood County
- Peter Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1845
Whites 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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