Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sany Sharp, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Sany Sharp registered to vote in Wood County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter. Gone" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Sany Sharp
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sany Sharp
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Wood County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Perry his x mark Sharp"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter. Gone"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsSany Sharp reported 13 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Sharps 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 14 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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