Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harrison Petit, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Harrison Petit registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 11, 1867. He reported 30 years in Texas, 19 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Harrison Petit
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harrison Petit
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsHarrison Petit reported 11 years more in Texas than in Gonzales 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 4 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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