Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Scott Hunter, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Scott Hunter registered to vote in Wood County on July 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Wood County
Scott Hunter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Scott Hunter
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Wood County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Scott his X mark Hunter"
Other freedmen named Hunter in Wood County
- London Hunterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Hunters 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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