Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Cowan, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Cowan registered to vote in Anderson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 2 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Benjamin Cowan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Cowan
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsBenjamin Cowan reported 12 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Cowan in Anderson County
- Willis Cowanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
Cowans 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 3 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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