Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Wheat, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Peter Wheat registered to vote in Harrison County on August 16, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Peter Wheat
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Wheat
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "P. Wheat"
Other freedmen named Wheat in Harrison County
- Allen Wheatborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Nick Wheatborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
Wheats 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 65 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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