Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Alexander, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Austin Alexander registered to vote in Wood County on August 1, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wood County
Austin Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Alexander
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Wood County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Austin his X mark Alexander"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Wood County
- Wyatt Alexanderborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
Alexanders 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 12 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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