Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Sherman, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Sherman registered to vote in Wood County on August 2, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 17 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Samuel Sherman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Sherman
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Wood County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Frank Shannon"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsSamuel Sherman reported 3 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Sherman in Wood County
- Daniel Shermanborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Jackson Shermanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
Shermans 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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