Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Fed Chisam, Wood County, Texas, 1869

Fed Chisam registered to vote in Wood County on November 23, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 8 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Wood County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Fed Chisam

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Fed Chisam
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
5
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Wood County
8 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Wood County
8 years
Signature, as written
"Fred his X mark Chisan"
Remarks, as written
"Colored voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Fed Chisam reported 8 years 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 26 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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