Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Washington, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Wilson Washington registered to vote in Bowie County on August 24, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 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
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Wilson Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Washington
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Bowie County
- George Lewis Washingtonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1849
- Oscar Washingtonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
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 17 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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