Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Grey Dolly, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Grey Dolly registered to vote in Bowie County on August 8, 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
Grey Dolly
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Grey Dolly
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 8, 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 Dolly in Bowie County
- Henry Dollyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Mark Dollyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
Dollys 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 14 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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