Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Divinsworth, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Divinsworth registered to vote in Wood County on July 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Wood County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Samuel Divinsworth

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Divinsworth
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Wood County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Wood County
3 years
Signature, as written
"Samuel his X mark Dermusevitch"
Remarks, as written
"Colored voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Samuel Divinsworth reported 3 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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