Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Levi Peacock, Bowie County, Texas, 1869

Levi Peacock registered to vote in Bowie County on July 18, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
18 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Bowie County

Levi Peacock

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Levi Peacock
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Bowie County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 18, 1869
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Bowie County
18 years
Years in the precinct
18 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 Peacock in Bowie County

Peacocks elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Peacock 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 3 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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