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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Wood County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Wesley Ward reported 11 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 13 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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