Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Cowen, Liberty County, Texas, 1867
David Cowen registered to vote in Liberty County on September 28, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored. Non Voter issued by Board command November 16, 1869" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Cowen
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "David, his x mark, Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Non Voter issued by Board command November 16, 1869"
Cowens 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 15 of the Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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