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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Leon County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Austin Boseman reported 12 years more in Texas than in Leon 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 18 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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