Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Amos Boyd, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Amos Boyd registered to vote in Hunt County on August 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hunt County
Amos Boyd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Amos Boyd
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Amos X Floyd"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Boyds 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 15 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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