Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Sheppard, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Sheppard registered to vote in Wood County on August 1, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County
Alexander Sheppard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Sheppard
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Wood County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alexander his X mark Sheppard"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsAlexander Sheppard reported 11 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Sheppards elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sheppard
- Shepard 21
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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