Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Alexander, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Jacob Alexander registered to vote in Bowie County on July 18, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Jacob Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Alexander
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Bowie County
- Aaron Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- David Alexanderborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
- Lewis Alexanderborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Moses Alexanderborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
Alexanders 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 5 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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