Hays County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Beard, Hays County, Texas, 1867
Peter Beard registered to vote in Hays County on July 18, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hays County registered 197 freedmen in 1867, 32% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
186018621864186618681870
In Hays County
Peter Beard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Beard
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Hays County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Hays County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Beards elsewhere in Texas
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 6 of the Hays County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Hays County, Texas
Hays County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Hays CountyThe Beard name in TexasBorn in KentuckySearch Hays County by name