Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvert Drew, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Calvert Drew registered to vote in Bowie County on August 24, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Calvert Drew
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvert Drew
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Bowie County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsCalvert Drew reported 3 years more in Texas than in Bowie County.
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 16 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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