Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Hooks, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Hooks registered to vote in Wood County on August 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 15 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Benjamin Hooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Hooks
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Wood County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benj Hooks"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsBenjamin Hooks reported 5 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Hookses 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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