Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephan Medow, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Stephan Medow registered to vote in Wood County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "cwd into" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Wood County
Stephan Medow
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephan Medow
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Wood County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Stephen his X mark Meadows"
- Remarks, as written
- "cwd into"
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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