Cooke County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Josephus Woods, Cooke County, Texas, 1867
Josephus Woods registered to vote in Cooke County on August 17, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 6 of them in Cooke County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cooke County registered 89 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Josephus Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Josephus Woods
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Cooke County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Cooke County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Cooke County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJosephus Woods reported 1 year more in Texas than in Cooke County.
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 8 of the Cooke County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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