Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Penrice, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Peter Penrice registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Austin County
Peter Penrice
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Penrice
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 43 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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