Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peyton Farris, Parker County, Texas, 1867

Peyton Farris registered to vote in Parker County on August 7, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 2 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Parker County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

Peyton Farris

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peyton Farris
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Parker County
Precinct
8
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Parker County
2 years
Years in the precinct
7 months
Years in Texas before Parker County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Peyton Farris reported 9 years more in Texas than in Parker County.

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 5 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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