Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Ward, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Ward registered to vote in Wood County on August 2, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County
Wesley Ward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Ward
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Wood County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wesley Ward"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsWesley Ward reported 11 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Wards 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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