Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Bumley, Wood County, Texas, 1867
William Bumley registered to vote in Wood County on July 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Bumley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Bumley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Wood County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "his William x Burnley mark"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsWilliam Bumley reported 4 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 11 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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