Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Webb, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Peter Webb registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Peter Webb
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Webb
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Webb in Harrison County
- Chesley Webbborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Green Webbborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- John Webbborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- John Webbborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Lewis Webbborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Webbs 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 8 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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