Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Bufford, Wood County, Texas, 1869
George Bufford registered to vote in Wood County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Wood County
George Bufford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Bufford
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Wood County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "George Bufford"
Buffords 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 25 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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