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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsW.B. Boner reported 17 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Boners elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Boner
- Bonner 24
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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