Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Woodsides, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Lewis Woodsides registered to vote in Bowie County on November 22, 1869. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 2 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.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Lewis Woodsides
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Woodsides
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 20 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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