Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Prince Chapman, Bosque County, Texas, 1867
Prince Chapman registered to vote in Bosque County on Jul. 22 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 8 of them in Bosque County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bosque County registered 85 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Prince Chapman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Prince Chapman
- County of registration
- Bosque County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- Jul. 22 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bosque County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Bosque County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsPrince Chapman reported 7 years more in Texas than in Bosque County.
Chapmans 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 1 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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