Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Bizer, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Peter Bizer registered to vote in Leon County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 9 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Peter Bizer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Bizer
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Leon County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "John Owens"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsPeter Bizer reported 4 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Bizer in Leon County
- Jack Bizerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
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 32 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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