Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Boyce, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Robert Boyce registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wood County
Robert Boyce
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Boyce
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Wood County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robert his X mark Boyce"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Boyce in Wood County
- Ben Boyceborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
Boyces 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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