"This book is an all-name index to the history of Wood County, Texas, titled Wood County 1850-1900 published in 1976 by the Wood County Historical Commission. ... This index was originally compiled by the late Miriam Hayley Dougherty in September of 1987 and several typescript copies were distributed. This current issue was prepared (scanned) from an original copy by Mark Reid and is published by the Wood County Genealogical Society for the convenience of persons researching family in the county."--Preface.