Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Easthing, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Nelson Easthing registered to vote in Bowie County on July 20, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Nelson Easthing
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Easthing
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 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 6 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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