Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ceasar Bowers, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Ceasar Bowers registered to vote in Leon County on August 28, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 14 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Leon County
Texas
Birthplace
27 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Leon County

Ceasar Bowers

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ceasar Bowers
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 28, 1867
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Leon County
14 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Leon County
13 years
Signature, as written
"Green x Owens"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Ceasar Bowers reported 13 years more in Texas than in Leon County.

Other freedmen named Bowers in Leon County

Bowerses elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named Bowers 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 21 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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