Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Crocket Pettit, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Crocket Pettit registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 26, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 15 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Crocket Pettit
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Crocket Pettit
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsCrocket Pettit reported 6 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Pettit in Gonzales County
- Albert Pettitreached Texas about 1849
- Bird Pettitreached Texas about 1851
- Emmet Pettitreached Texas about 1851
Variations of Pettit
- Pettis 6
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 45 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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