Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Bird Pettit, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Bird Pettit registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 24, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Gonzales County

Bird Pettit

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Bird Pettit
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 24, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Pettit in Gonzales County

Variations of Pettit

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 20 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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