Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hiram Bowen, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Hiram Bowen registered to vote in Walker County on September 26, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 33 years in Texas, 7 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 33 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1834
- Reached Texas
- 26 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1834 to 1870
Hiram Bowen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hiram Bowen
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 33 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 26 years
- Signature, as written
- "Hiram X Powers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
26 yearsHiram Bowen reported 26 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Bowen in Walker County
- John Bowenborn in Alabama
Bowens 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 32 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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