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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Wood County
Texas
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Wood County

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

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Isaac 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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