Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Canida, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Elijah Canida registered to vote in Wood County on August 17, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wood County
Elijah Canida
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Canida
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Wood County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Elijah his X mark Danila"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Canida in Wood County
- Mark Canidaborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
Canidas 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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