Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ira Chapman, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Ira Chapman registered to vote in Wood County on August 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wood County
Ira Chapman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ira Chapman
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Wood County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "William his X mark Walker"
Other freedmen named Chapman in Wood County
- Wyatt Chapmanborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
Chapmans 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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