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.
- 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"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsHenry 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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