Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cornelius Boston, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Cornelius Boston registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Left" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Wood County
Cornelius Boston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cornelius Boston
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Wood County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Cornelius his x mark Boston"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Left"
Bostons 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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