Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Head, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Peter Head registered to vote in Hunt County on August 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Hunt County
Peter Head
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Head
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Peter x Mead"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Heads 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 18 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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