Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Doctor Harris, Wood County, Texas, 1867

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

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Wood County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Wood County

Doctor Harris

Texas

The register entry, column by column

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

Variations of Harris

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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