Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Amos Boston, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Amos Boston registered to vote in Houston County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
1837186018621864186618681870
In Houston County
Amos Boston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Amos Boston
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Houston County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Amos his x mark Boston"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Bostons 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 7 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Houston County, Texas
Houston County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Houston CountyThe Boston name in TexasBorn in GeorgiaSearch Houston County by name