Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Marshall, Wood County, Texas, 1867

James Marshall registered to vote in Wood County on August 17, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Wood County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
about 1864
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

James Marshall

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Marshall
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
12
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Wood County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Wood County
2 years
Signature, as written
"James his X mark Marshall"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

James Marshall 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 18 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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