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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Cooke County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Cooke County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Cooke County highlighted
Cooke County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Josephus Woods reported 1 year more in Texas than in Cooke County.

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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