Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Oscar Adams, Bosque County, Texas, 1869
Oscar Adams registered to vote in Bosque County on Nov. 16 1869. He reported 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Bosque County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bosque County registered 85 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bosque County
Oscar Adams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Oscar Adams
- County of registration
- Bosque County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- Nov. 16 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Bosque County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Adamses elsewhere in Texas
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 10 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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