Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Ficher, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Ficher registered to vote in Wood County on July 22, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "" " Left" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Wood County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Samuel Ficher

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Ficher
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 22, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Wood County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Wood County
1 year
Signature, as written
"Samuel his X mark Foster"
Remarks, as written
"" " Left"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Samuel Ficher reported 1 year more in Texas than in Wood County.

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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