Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Deadman, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Robert Deadman registered to vote in Wood County on July 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Robert Deadman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Deadman
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Wood County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Robert his X mark Deatman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearRobert Deadman reported 1 year 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 9 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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