Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Skrugs, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Peter Skrugs registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 9, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 2 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Peter Skrugs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Skrugs
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsPeter Skrugs reported 14 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 32 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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