Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Rose, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Albert Rose registered to vote in Bowie County on August 20, 1869. He reported Kentucky 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.
- Kentucky
- 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
Albert Rose
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Rose
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rose in Bowie County
- Alexander Roseborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- George Roseborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Roses 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 15 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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