Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ephraim Kerr, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Ephraim Kerr registered to vote in Wood County on August 14, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. 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
10 years
In Texas
about 1857
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Ephraim Kerr

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ephraim Kerr
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
11
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Wood County
7 months
Years in the precinct
7 months
Years in Texas before Wood County
9 years
Signature, as written
"Ephraim his X mark Kerr"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Ephraim Kerr reported 9 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 18 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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