Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William S. Peters, Walker County, Texas, 1869
William S. Peters registered to vote in Walker County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
William S. Peters
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William S. Peters
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "William his X mark S. Peters"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Peters in Walker County
- James Petersborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
Peterses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Peters
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 44 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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