Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Kelley Deen, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Kelley Deen registered to vote in Wood County on July 25, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Wood County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Kelley Deen

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Kelley Deen
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
9
Registered
July 25, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Wood County
12 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Wood County
4 years
Signature, as written
"Kelley his X mark Deen"
Remarks, as written
"Colored voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Kelley Deen reported 4 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

Other freedmen named Deen in Wood County

Deens elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Deen 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 6 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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