Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Ross, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Harry Ross registered to vote in Wood County on July 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County
Harry Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Ross
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Wood County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Harry his X mark Ross"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsHarry Ross reported 4 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Rosses 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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