Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jeffery Burnley, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Jeffery Burnley registered to vote in Wood County on August 2, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. 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
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Jeffery Burnley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jeffery Burnley
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Wood County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Wood County
15 years
Signature, as written
"Jeffery his X mark Burnley"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Jeffery Burnley reported 15 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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