Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Gilbreath, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Gilbreath registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Wood County
Isaac Gilbreath
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Gilbreath
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Wood County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac his X mark Gilbreath"
- 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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