Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Reese Bowdry, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Reese Bowdry registered to vote in Walker County on January 30, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 10 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Reese Bowdry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Reese Bowdry
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Rufus his X mark Prowdry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsReese Bowdry reported 5 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Bowdry in Walker County
- Colman Bowdryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1837
- George Bowdryborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Harry Bowdryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 35 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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