Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Boar, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Henry Boar registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Henry Boar
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Boar
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Roar"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsHenry Boar reported 14 years more in Texas than in Kaufman 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 Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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