Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Enoch Towls, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
Enoch Towls registered to vote in Van Zandt County on August 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Enoch Towls
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Enoch Towls
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Towlses 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 Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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