Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dennis Runnells, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Dennis Runnells registered to vote in Bowie County on November 22, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 2 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Dennis Runnells
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dennis Runnells
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Bowie County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsDennis Runnells reported 21 years more in Texas than in Bowie County.
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 20 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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