Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Giles Woods, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Giles Woods registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Giles Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Giles Woods
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsGiles Woods reported 5 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Woods in Colorado County
- John Woodsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
- Kid Woodsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- Lewis Woodsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
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 7 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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