Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Kirkland, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Kirkland registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wood County
Lewis Kirkland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Kirkland
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Wood County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis his X mark Kirkland"
Kirklands 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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