Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Louis Hunter, Bowie County, Texas, 1869

Louis Hunter registered to vote in Bowie County on July 13, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Bowie County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Bowie County

Louis Hunter

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Louis Hunter
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Bowie County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 13, 1869
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Bowie County
14 years
Years in the precinct
14 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 Hunter in Bowie County

Hunters elsewhere in Texas

All 63 freedmen named Hunter 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 2 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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