Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Hooker, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Hooker registered to vote in Wood County on August 6, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County
Nelson Hooker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Hooker
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Wood County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Nelson his X mark Hooker"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsNelson Hooker reported 21 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Hookers 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 15 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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