Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jack Edington, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Jack Edington registered to vote in Wood County on July 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 9 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "gone" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Wood County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Jack Edington

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jack Edington
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
10
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Wood County
9 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Wood County
9 years
Signature, as written
"Jack his X mark Edington"
Remarks, as written
"gone"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Jack Edington reported 9 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

Edingtons elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Edington 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 10 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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