Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bowers Washington, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Bowers Washington registered to vote in Walker County on August 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Bowers Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bowers Washington
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Walker County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Moses X Washington"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Walker County
- General Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- George Washingtonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
- George Washingtonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1833
- George Clay Washingtonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1860
Washingtons 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 4 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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