Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter World, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Peter World registered to vote in Fayette County on September 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Peter World
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter World
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- September 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Worlds 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 56 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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