Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Fields, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Fields registered to vote in Wood County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 11 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Benjamin Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Fields
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Wood County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benj. his X mark Fields"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsBenjamin Fields reported 9 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Fields in Wood County
- Lewis Fieldsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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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