Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter White, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Peter White registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 6, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Peter White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter White
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsPeter White reported 21 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named White in Bastrop County
- Alexander Whiteborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1854
- Beu Whiteborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Buck Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- David Whiteborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1854
- Harry Whiteborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1832
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 4 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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