Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Benjamin Fowler, Newton County, Texas, 1867

Benjamin Fowler registered to vote in Newton County. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Newton County. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Newton County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Benjamin Fowler
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Newton County
Precinct
2
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Newton County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Newton County highlighted
Newton County on the 1870 county map

Fowlers elsewhere in Texas

All 10 freedmen named Fowler 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. Newton County's entries fill 9 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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