Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wm. A. Boshell, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Wm. A. Boshell registered to vote in Dallas County on August 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- 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 Dallas County
Wm. A. Boshell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wm. A. Boshell
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 24 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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