Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter White, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Peter White registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 3 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Peter White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter White
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Houston County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Peter White"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsPeter White reported 10 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named White in Houston County
- George Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
Whites 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 9 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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