Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edmund Kinchelow, Bosque County, Texas, 1867

Edmund Kinchelow registered to vote in Bosque County on Aug. 16 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Bosque County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bosque County

Edmund Kinchelow

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edmund Kinchelow
County of registration
Bosque County
Precinct
2
Registered
Aug. 16 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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bosque County highlighted
Bosque County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Edmund Kinchelow reported 15 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 6 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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