Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Dean, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Dean registered to vote in Wood County on August 17, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Andrew Dean
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Dean
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Wood County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Andrew his X mark Dean"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsAndrew Dean reported 19 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Deans 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 19 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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