Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Hervey, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Henry Hervey registered to vote in Wood County in 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Wood County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Henry Hervey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Hervey
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
1
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Wood County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Wood County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Henry his x mark Hervey"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Henry Hervey reported 2 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 17 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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