Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Rose, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
George Rose registered to vote in Bowie County on November 19, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Bowie County
George Rose
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Rose
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rose in Bowie County
- Albert Roseborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1849
- Alexander Roseborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
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 19 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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