Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis Dement, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Lewis Dement registered to vote in Wood County on August 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Wood County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
11 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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In Wood County

Lewis Dement

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lewis Dement
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
11
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Wood County
11 years
Years in the precinct
11 years
Signature, as written
"Lewis his X mark Dement"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

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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