Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Capt Jack Peoples, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Capt Jack Peoples registered to vote in Harrison County on July 8, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Capt Jack Peoples
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Capt Jack Peoples
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsCapt Jack Peoples reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Peoples in Harrison County
- Henry Peoplesborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
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 19 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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