Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Bingham, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Peter Bingham registered to vote in Wood County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 12 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter. Gone" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Wood County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Peter Bingham

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Bingham
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 26, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Wood County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Wood County
10 years
Signature, as written
"Peter his X mark Bingham"
Remarks, as written
"Colored voter. Gone"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Peter Bingham reported 10 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

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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