Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eliyah Peterson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Eliyah Peterson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Eliyah Peterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eliyah Peterson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Petersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Peterson
- Peters 13
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 Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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