Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Harvey, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Peter Harvey registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Peter Harvey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Harvey
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsPeter Harvey reported 15 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Harveys 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 25 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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