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.
- 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"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJames Marshall reported 2 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Marshalls elsewhere in Texas
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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