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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Wood County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Sawney Flournoy reported 7 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

Other freedmen named Flournoy in Wood County

Flournoys elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Flournoy 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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