Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Peterson, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Nathan Peterson registered to vote in Burleson County on July 11, 1867. He reported 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
1858186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County
Nathan Peterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Peterson
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsNathan Peterson reported 8 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Peterson in Burleson County
- J. Petersonreached Texas about 1858
Petersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Peterson
- Peters 13
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 14 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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