Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

London Green, Bowie County, Texas, 1869

London Green registered to vote in Bowie County on July 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Bowie County

London Green

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
London Green
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bowie County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 20, 1869
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Bowie County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bowie County highlighted
Bowie County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Green in Bowie County

  • Andy Greenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866

Greens elsewhere in Texas

All 225 freedmen named Green in Texas

Variations of Green

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 5 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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