Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Marcus Sullivan, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Marcus Sullivan registered to vote in Wood County on July 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Marcus Sullivan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Marcus Sullivan
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Wood County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Marcus his X mark Sullivan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsMarcus Sullivan reported 15 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Sullivans 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 20 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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