Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Taylor Stamps, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Taylor Stamps registered to vote in Bowie County on November 25, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Taylor Stamps
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Taylor Stamps
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Bowie County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsTaylor Stamps reported 20 years more in Texas than in Bowie County.
Stampses 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 21 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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