Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Rennells, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Andrew Rennells registered to vote in Bowie County on August 3, 1869. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Andrew Rennells
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Rennells
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 3, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 12 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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