Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Webb, Bosque County, Texas, 1867

Henry Webb registered to vote in Bosque County on Aug. 6 1867. He reported 8 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
8 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bosque County

Henry Webb

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Webb
County of registration
Bosque County
Precinct
4
Registered
Aug. 6 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Bosque County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Bosque County
7 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

7 years

Henry Webb reported 7 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 4 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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