Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Moses Bowie, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Moses Bowie registered to vote in Chambers County on August 21, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
30 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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In Chambers County

Moses Bowie

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Moses Bowie
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 21, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Chambers County
30 years
Years in the precinct
30 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Bowie in Chambers County

Bowies elsewhere in Texas

All 8 freedmen named Bowie 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 5 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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