Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Gary, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Edward Gary registered to vote in Bowie County on November 24, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Edward Gary
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Gary
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gary in Bowie County
- Frank Garyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
Garys 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 20 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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