Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Caleb Davy, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Caleb Davy registered to vote in Wood County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 6 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County
Caleb Davy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Caleb Davy
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Wood County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Caleb his X mark Ware"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearCaleb Davy 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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