Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chas Bowen, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Chas Bowen registered to vote in Grayson County on July 30, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Chas Bowen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chas Bowen
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bowen in Grayson County
- Peter Bowenborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Bowens 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 16 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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