Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William McCowen, Walker County, Texas, 1867

William McCowen registered to vote in Walker County on August 5, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Born in Kentucky, registered in Walker County, Texas

Kentucky
Birthplace: 15 years
In Texas: 15 years
In the county: about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Walker County

William McCowen

Texas

Name: William McCowen
Place of birth: Kentucky
County of registration: Walker County
Precinct: 5
Registered: August 5, 1867
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Walker County: 15 years
Years in the precinct: 15 years
Signature, as written: "William his X mark McGowen"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named McCowen in Walker County

George McCowenborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
James McCowenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
Ned McCowenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Samuel McCowenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851

McCowens elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named McCowen 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 7 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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