Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron McKnight, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Aaron McKnight registered to vote in Wood County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 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
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wood County
Aaron McKnight
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron McKnight
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Wood County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Aaron his X mark McKnight"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named McKnight in Wood County
- Richard McKnightborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
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 6 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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