Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Dowing, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Willis Dowing registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 29 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 29 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
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In Austin County
Willis Dowing
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Dowing
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Austin County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 29 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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