Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Hall, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Hall registered to vote in Wood County on August 2, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 6 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Lewis Hall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Hall
- 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 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis Hall"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsLewis Hall reported 10 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Hall in Wood County
- Stephen Hallborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
Halls 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 13 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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