Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Luke Woods, Jasper County, Texas, 1867
Luke Woods registered to vote in Jasper County on August 27, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Luke Woods
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Willis his X mark Wood"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Woodses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Woods
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 10 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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