Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Kill, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Robert Kill registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wood County
Robert Kill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Kill
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Wood County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Robert his X mark Kile"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
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 7 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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