Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Criner, Wood County, Texas, 1867

James Criner registered to vote in Wood County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 5 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter. Gone" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Wood County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

James Criner

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Criner
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 21, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Wood County
5 years
Years in the precinct
5 years
Years in Texas before Wood County
10 years
Signature, as written
"James his X mark Joiner"
Remarks, as written
"Colored voter. Gone"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

James Criner reported 10 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

Criners elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Criner 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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