Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lawrence Bowman, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Lawrence Bowman registered to vote in Leon County on August 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 7 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Lawrence Bowman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lawrence Bowman
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Leon County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lawrence x Bonner"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsLawrence Bowman reported 6 years more in Texas than in Leon 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 16 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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