Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Day, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Willis Day registered to vote in Wood County on August 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Willis Day
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Day
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Wood County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Miller G. Day"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsWillis Day reported 21 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Days 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 23 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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