Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Fields, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Fields registered to vote in Wood County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Wood County
Lewis Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Fields
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Wood County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis his x mark Fields"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Fields in Wood County
- Benjamin Fieldsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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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