Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Bowdry, Walker County, Texas, 1867
George Bowdry registered to vote in Walker County on September 26, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Unlawfully registered being under 21 yrs of age" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
George Bowdry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Bowdry
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Walker County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "George X Bondry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Unlawfully registered being under 21 yrs of age"
Other freedmen named Bowdry in Walker County
- Colman Bowdryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1837
- 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 32 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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