Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mark Canida, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Mark Canida registered to vote in Wood County on July 29, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 10 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Dead" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Mark Canida
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mark Canida
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Wood County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Mark his X mark Cavish"
- Remarks, as written
- "Dead"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearMark Canida reported 1 year more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Canida in Wood County
- Elijah Canidaborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1862
Canidas 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 10 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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