Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob McMillan, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Jacob McMillan registered to vote in Wood County on July 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Jacob McMillan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob McMillan
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Wood County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jacob his X mark McWielan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJacob McMillan reported 3 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named McMillan in Wood County
- Franklin McMillanborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1853
McMillans 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 5 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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