Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Walis Job, Wood County, Texas, 1869
Walis Job registered to vote in Wood County on November 23, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Wood County
Walis Job
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Walis Job
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Wood County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Miller his X mark Job"
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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