Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edward Bowers, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Edward Bowers registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 15, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
about 1861
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Edward Bowers

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edward Bowers
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 15, 1867
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Edward Bowers reported 5 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Bowerses elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named Bowers 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 20 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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