Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Lewis Washington, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
George Lewis Washington registered to vote in Bowie County on August 3, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bowie County
George Lewis Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Lewis Washington
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 3, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Bowie County
- Oscar Washingtonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
- Wilson Washingtonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
Washingtons 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 12 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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