Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Boseman, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Austin Boseman registered to vote in Leon County on August 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Austin Boseman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Boseman
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Leon County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Austin x Freeman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsAustin Boseman reported 12 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Bosemans 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 18 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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