Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Woods, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Lewis Woods registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Lewis Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Woods
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsLewis Woods reported 14 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Woods in Colorado County
- Giles Woodsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- John Woodsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
- Kid Woodsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
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 55 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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