Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Woods, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Woods registered to vote in Colorado County on August 8, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 5 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Woods
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 46'
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Woods reported 1 year more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Woods in Colorado County
- Giles Woodsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- 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 30 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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