Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Stokes, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Peter Stokes registered to vote in Harrison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Peter Stokes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Stokes
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. Hall"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stokes in Harrison County
- Clayborn Stokesborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
Stokeses 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 73 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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