Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Woods, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Woods registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 2, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
1852186018621864186618681870
In Lavaca County
Alexander Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Woods
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Naturalized, how
- "County Court"
- Naturalized, when
- "July 28, 1859"
- Naturalized, where
- "Huntsville, Walker Co. Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Amariah Woods"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Woods in Lavaca County
- Lewis Woodsreached Texas about 1850
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 3 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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