Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter McKinney, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
Peter McKinney registered to vote in Johnson County on August 8, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Peter McKinney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter McKinney
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Grandview
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Johnson County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsPeter McKinney reported 9 years more in Texas than in Johnson County.
McKinneys 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 9 of the Johnson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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