Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Washington, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Peter Washington registered to vote in Walker County on August 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Born in South Carolina, registered in Walker County, Texas

South Carolina
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

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Peter Washington

Texas

Name: Peter Washington
Place of birth: South Carolina
County of registration: Walker County
Precinct: 4
Registered: August 2, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Walker County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years
Signature, as written: "Peter his X mark Washington"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Washington in Walker County

Bowers Washingtonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
General Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
George Washingtonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
George Washingtonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1833

Washingtons elsewhere in Texas

All 262 freedmen named Washington 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 5 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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