Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sampson Breakfield, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Sampson Breakfield registered to vote in Wood County on August 20, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Sampson Breakfield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sampson Breakfield
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Wood County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sampson his X mark Breakfast"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsSampson Breakfield reported 13 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 19 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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