Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel McCowen, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Samuel McCowen registered to vote in Walker County on August 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Walker County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Walker County

Samuel McCowen

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel McCowen
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Walker County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Signature, as written
"Sam McGowan"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

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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 9 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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