Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wyatt Alexander, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Wyatt Alexander registered to vote in Wood County on August 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter. Gone" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Wood County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Wyatt Alexander

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wyatt Alexander
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Wood County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Wood County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Wyatt his x mark Alexander"
Remarks, as written
"Colored voter. Gone"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Wyatt Alexander reported 2 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 14 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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