Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Woodard, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Robert Woodard registered to vote in Anderson County on August 1, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Robert Woodard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Woodard
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 12
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Woodard in Anderson County
- Charles Woodardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
Woodards elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Woodard
- Woodward 6
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 9 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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