Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Churchwell, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Peter Churchwell registered to vote in Austin County on August 31, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Peter Churchwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Churchwell
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Churchwells 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 40 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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