Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William F. Bostick, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
William F. Bostick registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Original Paper lost. Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William F. Bostick
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William F. Bostick
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Original Paper lost. Colored"
Other freedmen named Bostick in Colorado County
- Isaac Bostickborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1832
Bosticks 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 3 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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