Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Holcer, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Richard Holcer registered to vote in Bowie County on November 26, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Richard Holcer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Holcer
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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