Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Bowers, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Bowers registered to vote in Leon County on August 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 10 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Jerry Bowers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Bowers
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Leon County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry x Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsJerry Bowers reported 18 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Bowers in Leon County
- Ceasar Bowersborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
- Robert Bowersborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1840
Bowerses 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 5 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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