Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Bowdry, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Harry Bowdry registered to vote in Walker County on September 23, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.
- Georgia
- 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
Harry Bowdry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Bowdry
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Walker County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Henry X Bovary"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bowdry in Walker County
- Colman Bowdryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1837
- George Bowdryborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Reese Bowdryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Wadkins Bowdryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
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 31 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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