Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hardy McGowen, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Hardy McGowen registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Walker County
Hardy McGowen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hardy McGowen
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Walker County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "his X mark Robinson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McGowen in Walker County
- Fredrick McGowenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Jo McGowenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
McGowens 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 30 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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