Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Miles Bowen, Caldwell County, Texas, 1867
Miles Bowen registered to vote in Caldwell County on July 22, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Miles Bowen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Miles Bowen
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
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 10 of the Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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