Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Peter, Bastrop County, Texas, 1868
Simon Peter registered to vote in Bastrop County on January 29, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Simon Peter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Peter
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsSimon Peter reported 6 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Peters elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Peter
- Peters 13
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 40 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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