Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mack Centa, Bosque County, Texas, 1867
Mack Centa registered to vote in Bosque County on Aug. 5 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Bosque County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bosque County registered 85 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bosque County
Mack Centa
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mack Centa
- County of registration
- Bosque County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- Aug. 5 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bosque County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Bosque County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsMack Centa reported 10 years more in Texas than in Bosque 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 4 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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