Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Anthony Garland, Bowie County, Texas, 1869

Anthony Garland registered to vote in Bowie County on November 25, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 1 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bowie County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bowie County

Anthony Garland

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Anthony Garland
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bowie County
Precinct
5
Registered
November 25, 1869
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Bowie County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Bowie County
10 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

10 years

Anthony Garland reported 10 years more in Texas than in Bowie County.

Other freedmen named Garland in Bowie County

Garlands elsewhere in Texas

All 11 freedmen named Garland 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 21 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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