Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isham Tell, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Isham Tell registered to vote in Wood County on July 25, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Wood County
Isham Tell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isham Tell
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Wood County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Isham his X mark Tell"
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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