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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Wood County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

William 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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