Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Pouncey, Wood County, Texas, 1867
William Pouncey registered to vote in Wood County on August 1, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 9 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County
William Pouncey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Pouncey
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Wood County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "William his X mark Pouncey"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsWilliam Pouncey reported 5 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 12 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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