Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Stephen Hall, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Stephen Hall registered to vote in Wood County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Wood County, Texas
Alabama
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

Stephen Hall

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Stephen Hall
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Wood County
4 months
Years in the precinct
4 months
Years in Texas before Wood County
4 years
Signature, as written
"Stephen his X mark Hall"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

Stephen Hall 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 9 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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