Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Lawrence, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Peter Lawrence registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 6 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Left" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Peter Lawrence
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Lawrence
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Wood County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Peter his x mark Lawrence"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Left"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsPeter Lawrence reported 6 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Lawrences 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 3 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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