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.
- 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"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsEphraim 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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