Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thorton Linkins, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Thorton Linkins registered to vote in Wood County on July 29, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Thorton Linkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thorton Linkins
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Wood County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thornton his X mark Jenkins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsThorton Linkins reported 6 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 10 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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