Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Martin Tyler, Bosque County, Texas, 1867

Martin Tyler registered to vote in Bosque County on September 25, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas, 5 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
5 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Bosque County

Martin Tyler

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Martin Tyler
County of registration
Bosque County
Precinct
4
Registered
September 25, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Bosque County
5 years
Years in the precinct
5 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bosque County highlighted
Bosque County on the 1870 county map

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 9 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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