Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Oscar Washington, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Oscar Washington registered to vote in Bowie County on July 13, 1869. He reported Texas 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Oscar Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Oscar Washington
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 13, 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
- George Lewis Washingtonborn in Louisiana, 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 2 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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