Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Barnes, Bosque County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Barnes registered to vote in Bosque County on Aug. 15 1867. He reported 16 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.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Abraham Barnes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Barnes
- County of registration
- Bosque County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- Aug. 15 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Bosque County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Bosque County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsAbraham Barnes reported 15 years more in Texas than in Bosque County.
Barneses 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 6 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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