Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Rains, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Rains registered to vote in Wood County on August 9, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 10 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter. Gone" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Isaac Rains
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Rains
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Wood County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac his X mark Dunn"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter. Gone"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsIsaac Rains reported 12 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 16 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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