Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Peterson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Allen Peterson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Allen Peterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Peterson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Peterson in Harrison County
- Henry Petersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
Petersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Peterson
- 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 26 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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