Kendall County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alfred Botts, Kendall County, Texas, 1867

Alfred Botts registered to vote in Kendall County on July 30, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 5 of them in Kendall County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Kendall County registered 31 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Kendall County, Texas
10 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kendall County

Alfred Botts

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alfred Botts
County of registration
Kendall County
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Kendall County
5 years
Years in Texas before Kendall County
5 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kendall County highlighted
Kendall County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Alfred Botts reported 5 years more in Texas than in Kendall 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 1 of the Kendall County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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