Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Ware, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Peter Ware registered to vote in Galveston County on June 6, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Peter Ware
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Ware
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ware in Galveston County
- Henry Wareborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1858
- Humpry Warereached Texas about 1867
Wares 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 Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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