Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Callaham, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Jackson Callaham registered to vote in Bowie County on July 22, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Jackson Callaham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Callaham
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 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 7 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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