Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Parr, Wood County, Texas, 1867

James Parr registered to vote in Wood County on July 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Wood County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Wood County

James Parr

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Parr
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
7 months
Years in Wood County
7 months
Years in the precinct
7 months
Signature, as written
"his James x Carr mark"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

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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