Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Woods, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Woods registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 1, 1867. He reported 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored - Removed to Colorado County" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Lavaca County
Lewis Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Woods
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 19 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Lavaca County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis Weeks"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored - Removed to Colorado County"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsLewis Woods reported 15 years more in Texas than in Lavaca County.
Other freedmen named Woods in Lavaca County
- Alexander Woodsreached Texas about 1852
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 1 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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