Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Peterson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Peterson registered to vote in Walker County on September 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Alexander Peterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Peterson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Walker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alexander X Adkins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Peterson in Walker County
- Henry Petersonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- William Petersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
Petersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Peterson
- Peters 13
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 31 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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