Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Nowlan, Wood County, Texas, 1869
George Nowlan registered to vote in Wood County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 17 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
George Nowlan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Nowlan
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Wood County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "George Harlan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearGeorge Nowlan reported 1 year more in Texas than in Wood County.
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 25 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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