Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Samples, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Henry Samples registered to vote in Wood County on August 2, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Wood County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
about 1864
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Henry Samples

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Samples
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
13
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Wood County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Wood County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Henry his X mark Samples"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Henry Samples reported 2 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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