Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Vaughan, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Peter Vaughan registered to vote in Bowie County on July 20, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Peter Vaughan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Vaughan
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Vaughans 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 6 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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