Wood · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Wood in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 44 freedmen

44 freedmen named Wood registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Fort Bend County (4), Brazoria County (3) and Colorado County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Mississippi, Virginia and Maryland. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1836.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Woods registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Wood registered, on the 1870 county map
44
Freedmen
29
Counties
Mississippi
Largest birthplace
1836
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Woods registered

Texas counties where the Woods registered
CountyFreedmen%
Fort Bend County49%
Brazoria County37%
Colorado County37%
McLennan County37%
Walker County37%
Brazos County25%
Cooke County25%
Harrison County25%
Henderson County25%
Angelina County12%
Bosque County12%
Denton County12%
Falls County12%
Fannin County12%
Freestone County12%
Galveston County12%
Goliad County12%
Gonzales County12%
Grayson County12%
Hays County12%
Jackson County12%
Jasper County12%
Kaufman County12%
Leon County12%
Madison County12%
Newton County12%
Tyler County12%
Wharton County12%
Wood County12%

Where the Woods were born

Birthplaces the Woods reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Mississippi724%
Virginia621%
Maryland414%
North Carolina310%
Alabama27%
Kentucky27%
Georgia13%
Louisiana13%
Missouri13%
South Carolina13%
Tennessee13%

When the Woods reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Woods
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
4
1850s
15
1860s
22

Variations of Wood

Every Wood in the register

The Woods in the register, 1 to 44 of 44
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
A. Y WoodMcLennan County1866
Alonzo WoodHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1851
Ambrose WoodFort Bend CountyVirginia1859
Ben WoodWharton County1866
Charles WoodHenderson CountyMississippi1854
Clayton WoodBrazos County1858
Clayton WoodBrazos County1847
David WoodColorado CountyVirginia1856
Frank WoodFort Bend County1866
George WoodFreestone CountyMississippi1867
George WoodKaufman CountyMississippi1863
George Henry WoodWalker CountyMaryland1852
Gibert WoodMcLennan County1867
Henry WoodAngelina CountyAlabama1860
Henry WoodBrazoria CountyTennessee1840
Hodge WoodJackson County1864
Isaac WoodGrayson CountyVirginia1860
Jack WoodMcLennan County1866
James WoodFalls County
James WoodWalker CountyMaryland1855
James N. WoodGonzales County1861
John WoodFannin CountyKentucky1856
John WoodMadison CountyMaryland1863
John WoodWalker CountyMaryland1852
Joseph WoodCooke CountyAlabama1860
Joseph WoodGalveston County1860
Joseph WoodNewton CountyLouisiana1866
Lewis WoodBosque County1866
Lewis WoodJasper CountyNorth Carolina
Losty WoodColorado CountyMississippi1854
Mansel WoodColorado CountyVirginia1857
Nathaniel WoodGoliad County1846
Prince WoodTyler CountyGeorgia1852
Randall WoodLeon CountyMississippi1857
Richard WoodWood CountyNorth Carolina1862
Stephen WoodCooke CountyKentucky1861
Sterling WoodHarrison CountyVirginia1856
Supio WoodHays CountySouth Carolina1866
Thomas WoodDenton CountyMissouri1861
Verge WoodHenderson CountyMississippi1858
Wesley WoodBrazoria CountyVirginia1842
William WoodBrazoria CountyMississippi1864
William Henry WoodFort Bend County1866
Willis WoodFort Bend County1836

Wood genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Wood in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Fort Bend County holds 4 of the 44, Brazoria County 3. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so look under Woods as well.

Where did the Woods in Texas come from?

They reported Mississippi (7), Virginia (6) and Maryland (4) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Wood?

Fort Bend County (4), Brazoria County (3), Colorado County (3). In all, 44 registered across 29 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Wood appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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