Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

W.B. Boner, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

W.B. Boner registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Harrison County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
about 1849
Reached Texas
17 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

W.B. Boner

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
W.B. Boner
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Harrison County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
17 years
Signature, as written
"B. B. Bones"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

17 years

W.B. Boner reported 17 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Variations of Boner

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 47 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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