Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Bosin, Austin County, Texas, 1867
William Bosin registered to vote in Austin County on August 23, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
1840186018621864186618681870
In Austin County
William Bosin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Bosin
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Austin County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bosin in Austin County
- Willis Bosinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1840
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 33 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Austin County, Texas
Austin County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Austin CountyThe Bosin name in TexasBorn in LouisianaSearch Austin County by name