Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Boyce, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Ben Boyce registered to vote in Wood County on July 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- 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
Ben Boyce
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Boyce
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- 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
- "Ben his X mark Boyce"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearBen Boyce reported 1 year more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Boyce in Wood County
- Robert Boyceborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1865
Boyces 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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