Wooldridge · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Wooldridge in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Wooldridge registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Colorado County (1) and Guadalupe County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Kentucky and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1851.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Wooldridges registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Wooldridge registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
2
Counties
Kentucky
Largest birthplace
1851
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Wooldridges registered

Texas counties where the Wooldridges registered
CountyFreedmen%
Colorado County150%
Guadalupe County150%

Where the Wooldridges were born

Birthplaces the Wooldridges reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Kentucky150%
Mississippi150%

When the Wooldridges reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Wooldridges
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
1
1860s
1

Every Wooldridge in the register

The Wooldridges in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Burell WooldridgeColorado CountyMississippi1851
Strother WooldridgeGuadalupe CountyKentucky1866

Wooldridge genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Wooldridge in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Colorado County holds 1 of the 2, Guadalupe County 1. 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 try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Wooldridges in Texas come from?

They reported Kentucky (1) and Mississippi (1) 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 Wooldridge?

Colorado County (1), Guadalupe County (1). In all, 2 registered across 2 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 Wooldridge appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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