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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Bowie County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bowie County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bowie County highlighted
Bowie County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Calvert 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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