Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Bowler, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Bowler registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 45 years in Texas, 45 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 45 years
- In Texas
- 45 years
- In the county
- about 1822
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1822 to 1870
Thomas Bowler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Bowler
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 45 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 45 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bowler in Brazoria County
- Aaron Bowlerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- Moses Bowlerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
- Sammuel Bowlerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1845
Bowlers 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 17 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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