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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Wood County
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

21 years

Nelson Hooker reported 21 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 15 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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