Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Peoples, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Peoples registered to vote in Harrison County on August 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Henry Peoples
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Peoples
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 11 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. L. Peoples"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsHenry Peoples reported 12 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Peoples in Harrison County
- Capt Jack Peoplesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
Peopleses 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 61 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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