Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Willis Garrett, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Willis Garrett registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 11 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Wood County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
11 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Willis Garrett

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Willis Garrett
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Wood County
11 years
Years in the precinct
11 years
Years in Texas before Wood County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Willis his X mark Garrett"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Willis Garrett reported 2 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

Other freedmen named Garrett in Wood County

Garretts elsewhere in Texas

All 56 freedmen named Garrett in Texas

Variations of Garrett

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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