Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Woodson Andrews, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Woodson Andrews registered to vote in Kaufman County on September 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Woodson Andrews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Woodson Andrews
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- September 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Woodrow Andrews"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsWoodson Andrews reported 15 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Andrews in Kaufman County
- Wesley Andrewsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
Andrewses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Andrews
- Andrew 7
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 19 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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