Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bosin Alexander, Harrison County, Texas, 1868
Bosin Alexander registered to vote in Harrison County on January 31, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Bosin Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bosin Alexander
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "B " Alexander"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Harrison County
- Andrew Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- Anthony Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- George Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Alexanderborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- James Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
Alexanders elsewhere in Texas
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 86 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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