Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Boston Shamburger, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Boston Shamburger registered to vote in Wood County on August 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 7 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter. Gone" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Boston Shamburger
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Boston Shamburger
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Wood County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Barton Shamburger"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter. Gone"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsBoston Shamburger reported 13 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
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 21 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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