Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Cowen, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Sam Cowen registered to vote in Brazos County on June 25, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Sam Cowen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Cowen
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Cowens 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 8 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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