Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Woodson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Woodson registered to vote in Colorado County on August 2, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Samuel Woodson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Woodson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 42'
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Woodson in Colorado County
- Robert Woodsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
Woodsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Woodson
- Woods 58
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 27 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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