Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Woods, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Charles Woods registered to vote in Bexar County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Charles Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Woods
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Woods in Bexar County
- Charles Woodsborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1847
- Richard Woodsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
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 19 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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