Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sawney Flournoy, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Sawney Flournoy registered to vote in Wood County on August 6, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 15 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Sawney Flournoy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sawney Flournoy
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Wood County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sawney his X mark Finney"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsSawney Flournoy reported 7 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Flournoy in Wood County
- Nathan Flournoyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1841
Flournoys 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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