Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter De Widdy, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Peter De Widdy registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Peter De Widdy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter De Widdy
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsPeter De Widdy reported 19 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
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 22 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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