Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Newton, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Henry Newton registered to vote in Wood County on August 1, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 4 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County
Henry Newton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Newton
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Wood County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his X mark Newton"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearHenry Newton reported 1 year more in Texas than in Wood County.
Newtons 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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