Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Milton Bowen, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Milton Bowen registered to vote in Anderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Milton Bowen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Milton Bowen
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bowen in Anderson County
- Squire Bowenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- William Bowenborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1857
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 5 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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