Goliad County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Pettis, Goliad County, Texas, 1867
George Pettis registered to vote in Goliad County on July 15, 1867. He reported 27 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Goliad County registered 161 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- 27 years
- In Texas
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Goliad County
George Pettis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Pettis
- County of registration
- Goliad County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Pettis in Goliad County
- Bob Pettisreached Texas about 1837
Pettises 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 1 of the Goliad County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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