Gillespie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Pheril, Gillespie County, Texas, 1867

Peter Pheril registered to vote in Gillespie County on September 28, 1867. He reported 27 years in Texas, 1 of them in Gillespie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gillespie County registered 17 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gillespie County, Texas
27 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1840
Reached Texas
26 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1840 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gillespie County

Peter Pheril

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Pheril
County of registration
Gillespie County
Registered
September 28, 1867
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Gillespie County
1 year
Years in Texas before Gillespie County
26 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gillespie County highlighted
Gillespie County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

26 years

Peter Pheril reported 26 years more in Texas than in Gillespie County.

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 10 of the Gillespie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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