Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Pettit, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Albert Pettit registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 24, 1867. He reported 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Albert Pettit
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Pettit
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Pettit in Gonzales County
- Bird Pettitreached Texas about 1851
- Crocket Pettitreached Texas about 1848
- 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 21 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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