Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Woods, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Henry Woods registered to vote in Dallas County on August 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Woods
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Woods
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsHenry Woods reported 4 years more in Texas than in Dallas 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 10 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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