Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Billie Peters, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Billie Peters registered to vote in Brazos County on November 23, 1869. He reported 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Billie Peters
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Billie Peters
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsBillie Peters reported 9 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Peterses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Peters
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 44 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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