Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bolden Green, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Bolden Green registered to vote in Newton County on September 26, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Newton County
Bolden Green
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bolden Green
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Newton County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Arthur his x Gourd"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Greens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Green
- Greene 9
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 6 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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