Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James McCowen, Walker County, Texas, 1867
James McCowen registered to vote in Walker County on August 12, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Walker County
James McCowen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James McCowen
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Walker County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "James McGowan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McCowen in Walker County
- George McCowenborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Ned McCowenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Samuel McCowenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- William McCowenborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
McCowens 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 9 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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