Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Gay, Wood County, Texas, 1867
William Gay registered to vote in Wood County on July 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 7 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
William Gay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Gay
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Wood County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "William his x mark Gay"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsWilliam Gay reported 11 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Gays 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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