Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Peterson, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Henry Peterson registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Born in Georgia, registered in Wood County, Texas

Georgia
Birthplace: 18 years
In Texas: 18 years
In the county: about 1849
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Wood County

Henry Peterson

Texas

Name: Henry Peterson
Place of birth: Georgia
County of registration: Wood County
Precinct: 1
Registered: July 20, 1867
Years in Texas: 18 years
Years in Wood County: 18 years
Years in the precinct: 18 years
Signature, as written: "Henry his x mark Patterson"
Remarks, as written: "colored"

Wood County on the 1870 county map

Petersons elsewhere in Texas

All 21 freedmen named Peterson 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 3 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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