Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Oly Connelley, Bowie County, Texas, 1869

Oly Connelley registered to vote in Bowie County on August 3, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 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 Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Bowie County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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In Bowie County

Oly Connelley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Oly Connelley
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Bowie County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 3, 1869
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Bowie County
9 years
Years in the precinct
9 years
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 12 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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