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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Charlie Bowden reported 19 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Other freedmen named Bowden in Brazos County

Bowdens elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Bowden 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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