Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Deen, Wood County, Texas, 1869

James Deen registered to vote in Wood County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Wood County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
21 years
In the county

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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In Wood County

James Deen

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Deen
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
5
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Wood County
21 years
Years in the precinct
13 years
Signature, as written
"James Weems"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Deen in Wood County

  • Kelley Deenborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851

Deens elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Deen 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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