Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frederick Andrews, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Frederick Andrews registered to vote in Wood County in 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Frederick Andrews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frederick Andrews
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Wood County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Frederick his x mark Andrews"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsFrederick Andrews reported 15 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Andrews in Wood County
- Simon Andrewsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
Andrewses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Andrews
- Andrew 7
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 17 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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