Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis Wood, Jasper County, Texas, 1867

Lewis Wood 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Jasper County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lewis Wood
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Jasper County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 27, 1867
Signature, as written
"Saml his X mark Woods"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jasper County highlighted
Jasper County on the 1870 county map

Woods elsewhere in Texas

All 44 freedmen named Wood in Texas

Variations of Wood

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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