Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Greenberry Garret, Bosque County, Texas, 1867

Greenberry Garret registered to vote in Bosque County on Aug. 19 1867. He reported 15 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Bosque County, Texas
15 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bosque County

Greenberry Garret

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Greenberry Garret
County of registration
Bosque County
Precinct
2
Registered
Aug. 19 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Bosque County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Bosque County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bosque County highlighted
Bosque County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Greenberry Garret reported 13 years more in Texas than in Bosque County.

Garrets elsewhere in Texas

All 8 freedmen named Garret in Texas

Variations of Garret

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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