Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Ray, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Ray registered to vote in Wood County on August 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Samuel Ray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Ray
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Wood County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benj his X mark Calcoat"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsSamuel Ray reported 20 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Rays 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 22 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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