Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Kater, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Henry Kater registered to vote in Bowie County on July 27, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Henry Kater
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Kater
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Kater in Bowie County
- Harris Katerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
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 9 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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