Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Monrow Hooks, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Monrow Hooks registered to vote in Bowie County on July 27, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 5 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Monrow Hooks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Monrow Hooks
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 27, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Bowie County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsMonrow Hooks reported 11 years more in Texas than in Bowie County.
Other freedmen named Hooks in Bowie County
- A. Hooksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Alexander Hooksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Ellis Hooksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Forrest Hooksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Harry Hooksborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
Hookses 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 10 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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