Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charlie Bowden, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Charlie Bowden registered to vote in Brazos County on November 19, 1869. He reported 22 years in Texas, 3 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Charlie Bowden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charlie Bowden
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsCharlie Bowden reported 19 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Bowden in Brazos County
- Ram Bowdenreached Texas about 1848
Bowdens 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 37 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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