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.
- 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"
Other freedmen named Deen in Wood County
- Kelley Deenborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
Deens 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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