Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Colman Bowdry, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Colman Bowdry registered to vote in Walker County on September 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 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
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Walker County
Colman Bowdry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Colman Bowdry
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Walker County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Coleman X Bovary"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bowdry in Walker County
- George Bowdryborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Harry Bowdryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- 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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