Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Sessions, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Andrew Sessions registered to vote in Bowie County on July 20, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Andrew Sessions
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Sessions
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Sessionses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sessions
- Session 6
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 7 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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