Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Simptins, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Simptins registered to vote in Wood County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Wood County
Benjamin Simptins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Simptins
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Wood County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Benjamin his X mark Simpkins"
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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