Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Toney Sharper, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Toney Sharper registered to vote in Wood County on July 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Born in Tennessee, registered in Wood County, Texas

Tennessee
Birthplace: 15 years
In Texas: 15 years
In the county: about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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In Wood County

Toney Sharper

Texas

Name: Toney Sharper
Place of birth: Tennessee
County of registration: Wood County
Precinct: 1
Registered: July 23, 1867
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Wood County: 15 years
Years in the precinct: 15 years
Signature, as written: "Toney his X mark Sharper"
Remarks, as written: "colored"

Wood County on the 1870 county map

Sharpers elsewhere in Texas

Spencer Sharper Fayette County

All 3 freedmen named Sharper in Texas

Variations of Sharper

Sharp 12

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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