Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Jefferson, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Jefferson registered to vote in Wood County on August 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Wood County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Wood County

Thomas Jefferson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Jefferson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
12
Registered
August 24, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Wood County
3 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Signature, as written
"Thomas Jefferson"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

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 21 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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