Hi, Pat............... I would think that if they are available, voter reg for those dates might be available on the county level.........two sources you could inquire re this: County Clerk Brigitte Bronstad P.O. Box 617 Meridian, Texas 76665 254/435-2201 Fax 254/435-2152 bosquecountyclerk@htcomp.net The Bosque Co Collection P.O. Box 534, Meridian TX 76665 Telephone: (254) 435-6182 Fax: (254) 435-2272 E-mail: bosquecountycollection@htcomp.net I do know that this type of record can reveal wonderful info.........I learned so much about my LOADERs from the 1867 Voter Reg List, and I would recommend it to anyone, regardless of county...........if interested, it can be obtained thru interlibrary loan...... http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/votersreg.html Bosque County Records Available on Microfilm from Baylor University Please note that microfilmed records are available for loan to libraries only, not to individuals. Contact your local library to arrange an interlibrary loan of the material you wish to borrow. Your request should include the specific reel numbers for the microfilm you wish to use, as well as the name of the county and lending institution. Baylor University Linda Gradel Texas Collection Baylor University B.U. Box 97142 Waco, TX 76798-7142 254-710-6035 Counties housed: Bell, Bosque, Burnet, Coryell, Falls, Hamilton, Hill, Lampasas, Limestone, McLennan, Williamson Bosque Co, Reel VR-2 VOTERS' REGISTRATION: 1867 The Reconstruction Act of March 13, 1867 required the commanding officer in each military district to have, before September 1, a registration of all qualified voters in each county. These lists would be used to determine all who would be eligible to vote for any proposed Constitutional Convention in the state. The registrant had to take an oath stating that he was not disqualified by law from voting. Those ineligible included Confederate veterans with a rank of major or above; any person who had previously taken an oath as a member of Congress, as an officer of the United States, as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, and who later engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or gave aid or comfort to the enemies thereof, and whose "disability" had not been removed by a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress. Local military authorities often interpreted this prohibition to include anyone who held any type of office or who in any way benefited from either Confederate state or federal government patronage, thereby preventing a number of otherwise eligible citizens from voting. The 1867 Voter Registration includes names of voters who registered in the period between 1867 and 1869. A few entries date from 1870, but these occur infrequently. The Register entry includes the following information: Name Place of residence Precinct Length of residence (in state, in county, in precinct) Native country or state If naturalized, how, when, and where "General Remarks"--race is noted when the registrant was "colored." Ledger entries are grouped by county, and the names are listed chronologically in the order individuals presented themselves for registration. Although some Voters' Registration lists appear in the Election Returns series of Secretary of State records, this group of ledgers contains the State Archives's only comprehensive listing of eligible voters in the state. The original volumes have been microfilmed, and the film copies are available to be viewed at the Library, Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. They may be requested on interlibrary loan. Good luck, Pat! Suzy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Lyon" <patsroar@htcomp.net> To: <TXBOSQUE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 7:30 PM Subject: [TXBOSQUE] voter registration Someone told me that sometimes a lot of information can be gotten from old voter registration records. Does anyone know where to find the old voter reg. records for Bosque County? (1890-1910) Pat Sommerfeld Lyon ==== TXBOSQUE Mailing List ==== Search the mail list archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl