Boyer · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Boyer in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Boyer registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Galveston County (2). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1842.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Boyers registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Boyer registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
1842
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Boyers registered

Texas counties where the Boyers registered
CountyFreedmen%
Galveston County2100%

When the Boyers reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Boyers
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
0
1860s
1

Every Boyer in the register

The Boyers in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Henry BoyerGalveston County1842
Nathaniel BoyerGalveston County1866

Boyer genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Boyer in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Galveston County holds 2 of the 2. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Boyer?

Galveston County (2). In all, 2 registered across 1 Texas county between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Boyer appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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