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.
- 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"
Dements 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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