Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Boeman, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Alex Boeman registered to vote in Madison County on November 16, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Alex Boeman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Boeman
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Madison County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 19 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Alex Dorsey"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsAlex Boeman reported 19 years more in Texas than in Madison 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 11 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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