Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Squire Hamilton, Bosque County, Texas, 1867
Squire Hamilton registered to vote in Bosque County on Aug. 6 1867. He reported 9 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.
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Squire Hamilton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Squire Hamilton
- County of registration
- Bosque County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- Aug. 6 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Bosque County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Bosque County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsSquire Hamilton reported 8 years more in Texas than in Bosque County.
Hamiltons 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 4 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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