Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Polk Garland, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Polk Garland registered to vote in Bowie County on November 25, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Polk Garland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Polk 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
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Garland in Bowie County
- Alfred Garlandborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- Anthony Garlandborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- Benjamin Garlandborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1860
- Jackson Garlandborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- James Garlandborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
Garlands 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 21 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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