Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abram Inge, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Abram Inge registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 12 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Wood County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Abram Inge

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Abram Inge
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Wood County
12 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Wood County
6 years
Signature, as written
"Abram his X mark Ings"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Abram Inge reported 6 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

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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