Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard McKnight, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Richard McKnight registered to vote in Wood County on July 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 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
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Wood County
Richard McKnight
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard McKnight
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Wood County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Richard his X mark McKnight"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named McKnight in Wood County
- Aaron McKnightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
McKnights 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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