Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hillard Bowens, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869
Hillard Bowens registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 19, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Hillard Bowens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hillard Bowens
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsHillard Bowens reported 5 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Bowenses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Bowens
- Bowen 11
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 44 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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