Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sampson Adams, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Sampson Adams registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Wood County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
about 1862
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Sampson Adams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sampson Adams
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Wood County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Wood County
4 years
Signature, as written
"Simpson his X mark Adams"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Sampson Adams reported 4 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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