Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Marsh Butler, Bowie County, Texas, 1869

Marsh Butler registered to vote in Bowie County on August 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Bowie County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1868
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Bowie County

Marsh Butler

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Marsh Butler
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Bowie County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 20, 1869
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Bowie County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bowie County highlighted
Bowie County on the 1870 county map

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 15 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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