Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Bowman, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Wilson Bowman registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 5, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 2 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Wilson Bowman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Bowman
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wilson x Barnsaw"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsWilson Bowman reported 18 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Bowmans 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 13 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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