Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Sanford, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Louis Sanford registered to vote in Bowie County on July 18, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Louis Sanford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Sanford
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Sanfords 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 4 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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