Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Morris Booker, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Morris Booker registered to vote in Wood County on July 31, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Morris Booker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Morris Booker
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Wood County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "his Morris x Booker mark"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearMorris Booker reported 1 year more in Texas than in Wood County.
Bookers 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 11 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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