Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Peters, Freestone County, Texas, 1867

Henry Peters registered to vote in Freestone County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Freestone County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Freestone County

Henry Peters

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Peters
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Freestone County
Precinct
7
Registered
July 23, 1867
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Freestone County highlighted
Freestone County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Peters in Freestone County

  • James Petersborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867

Peterses elsewhere in Texas

All 13 freedmen named Peters in Texas

Variations of Peters

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 Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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