Llano County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Cowan, Llano County, Texas, 1867
Richard Cowan registered to vote in Llano County on September 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 11 of them in Llano County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Llano County registered 6 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Richard Cowan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Cowan
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Llano County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Llano County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Llano County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsRichard Cowan reported 10 years more in Texas than in Llano County.
Cowans 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 Llano County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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