Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander McBride, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Alexander McBride registered to vote in Wood County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Alexander McBride
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander McBride
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Wood County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alexander his X mark Pride"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsAlexander McBride reported 5 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
McBrides elsewhere in Texas
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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