Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Bayard Stocks, Bowie County, Texas, 1869

Bayard Stocks registered to vote in Bowie County on August 6, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 1 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bowie County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bowie County

Bayard Stocks

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Bayard Stocks
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bowie County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 6, 1869
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Bowie County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Bowie County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bowie County highlighted
Bowie County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Bayard Stocks reported 19 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 14 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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