Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Ingham, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Green Ingham registered to vote in Bowie County on August 5, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Green Ingham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Ingham
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 5, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 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 13 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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