Bosque County, Texas · 1867 voter registration

Bosque County, Texas: freedmen, slavery and the 1867 voter registration

Slavery in Bosque County

In 1860 the census counted 293 enslaved people in Bosque County, 15% of everyone living there. Seven years later 85 freedmen registered to vote there, 16% of the county's voters. 70 reported reaching Texas before 1865.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bosque County highlighted
Bosque County on the 1870 county map
293
Enslaved in 1860
15%
Of the county in 1860
523
Registered voters
85
Freedmen
16%
Freedmen
8 years
Median time in Texas
14
Register pages

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When they arrived in Texas

Decade each registrant reported arriving in Texas, as recorded in Bosque County.

Reported arrival decades for Bosque County registrants
DecadeRegistrants
1830s
2
1840s
8
1850s
32
1860s
40

Surnames of freedmen in Bosque County

Bosque County genealogy: search the register by name

The first 50 names in the Bosque County register, alphabetically. Each opens a search for that name.

Bosque County registrants, by surname
NameBirthplaceArrivedGap
Adams, OscarUnited States1863
Allen, JamesUnited States1865
Andrews, WilliamUnited States1865
Baker, JamesUnited States1861
Baker, JordanUnited States18616
Ball, GeorgeUnited States184721
Balling, JoshuaUnited States1862
Barnes, AbrahamUnited States185115
Bateman, WillisUnited States1864
Bradshaw, HenryUnited States1864
Briggs, AlexanderUnited States1861
Briscoe, SammuelUnited States1861
Buchanan, JacobUnited States1863
Cawl, AndersenUnited States18615
Centa, MackUnited States185510
Chapman, PrinceUnited States18527
Claborn, JohnUnited States1865
Cleven, JeffersonUnited States1861
Crawford, LewisUnited States1855
Dickman, PeterUnited States1864
Eastland, HenryUnited States1854
Falls, ThomasUnited States1862
Garison, GreenUnited States18584
Garret, GreenberryUnited States185213
Green, DavidUnited States1857
Green, FrankUnited States183828
Green, IsaacUnited States18572
Hamilton, SquireUnited States18588
Henry, EnachUnited States184717
Hern, RobertUnited States1864
Johnson, ThomasUnited States18466
Johnson, WilyUnited States1866
Jones, MarcusUnited States1867
Kimchelow, EdmundUnited States185115
Lackey, WillisUnited States18651
Laffon, GreenUnited States18585
Lindsay, JaciahUnited States1857
Lindsay, JamesUnited States1855
Lindsay, NicholasUnited States1855
Logan, DanielUnited States1860
Lynch, CesarUnited States1863
Mack, GeorgeUnited States1855
McSemmen, HenryUnited States185214
Monroe, JohnUnited States185511
Natham, JeramiahUnited States18596
Neely, Philip W.United States18553
Pallard, GeorgeUnited States1863
Parks, GreenUnited States18613
Perry, GeorgeUnited States185610
Perry, JohnUnited States1861

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Sources and county history

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The 1860 population figures come from Population of the United States in 1860, printed by the Census Office in 1864. Bosque County's entries fill 14 pages of the handwritten register. Race was recorded for part of the statewide register, so the freedmen count is the number identified.

Bosque County was formed out of McLennan County by 1855.

Questions about the Bosque County records

How do I find African American ancestors in Bosque County, Texas?

Search the Bosque County records by surname, then open the entry to read the original handwritten register page. Each entry gives the man's name, his birthplace and the year he reached Texas. Spellings vary, so try the sound of a name as well as its spelling, and names appear in the order men came to register, so a family can sit pages apart.

How many freedmen registered to vote in Bosque County in 1867?

85 freedmen registered in Bosque County between 1867 and 1870, 16% of the county's 523 registered voters.

Was slavery widespread in Bosque County, Texas?

In 1860 the census counted 293 enslaved people in Bosque County, 15% of everyone living there. In 1867, 16% of Bosque County's registered voters were freedmen, 85 of 523. 70 of them reported reaching Texas before 1865.

Keep looking

Counties that share a boundary history with Bosque County: Comanche County, Erath County, Palo Pinto County.

For African American genealogy beyond Bosque County, browse the register by birthplace, search it by name or follow the migration map.

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