Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Buoy, Atascosa County, Texas, 1867
David Buoy registered to vote in Atascosa County on July 11, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 4 of them in Atascosa County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
David Buoy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Buoy
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Atascosa County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Atascosa County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Atascosa County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsDavid Buoy reported 8 years more in Texas than in Atascosa County.
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 2 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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