Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Isaac Bowls, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Isaac Bowls registered to vote in Hunt County on July 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Born in Tennessee, registered in Hunt County, Texas

Tennessee
Birthplace: 10 years
In Texas: 10 years
In the county: about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Hunt County

Isaac Bowls

Texas

Name: Isaac Bowls
Place of birth: Tennessee
County of registration: Hunt County
Precinct: 8
Registered: July 20, 1867
Years in Texas: 10 years
Years in Hunt County: 10 years
Years in the precinct: 10 years
Signature, as written: "Isaac x Rooks"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Hunt County on the 1870 county map

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 5 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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