Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Branch, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Branch registered to vote in Wood County on July 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
- 28 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
Thomas Branch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Branch
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Wood County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 28 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas his X mark Branch"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
28 yearsThomas Branch reported 28 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Branches 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 4 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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