Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Hood, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Henry Hood registered to vote in Walker County on January 30, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 28 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
Henry Hood
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Hood
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 28 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his X mark Wood"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
28 yearsHenry Hood reported 28 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Hoods 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 35 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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