Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Bowden, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869
Jerry Bowden registered to vote in Kaufman County on November 26, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 1 of them in Kaufman County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Jerry Bowden
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Bowden
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry his X mark Bowden"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJerry Bowden reported 10 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Bowdens 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 26 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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