Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Ball, Bosque County, Texas, 1869
George Ball registered to vote in Bosque County on Nov. 26 1869. He reported 22 years in Texas, 1 of them in Bosque County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bosque County registered 85 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bosque County
George Ball
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Ball
- County of registration
- Bosque County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- Nov. 26 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Bosque County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Bosque County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsGeorge Ball reported 21 years more in Texas than in Bosque County.
Balls 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 13 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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