Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Hightower, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
David Hightower registered to vote in Bowie County on November 20, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Bowie County
David Hightower
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Hightower
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hightowers 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 19 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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