Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Roof, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
William Roof registered to vote in Bowie County on August 1, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Bowie County
William Roof
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Roof
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 1, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Roofs 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 11 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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