Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Montgomery, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Peter Montgomery registered to vote in Walker County on November 22, 1869. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Peter Montgomery
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Montgomery
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "E. P. Farris"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Montgomery in Walker County
- Lewis Montgomeryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Sam Montgomeryborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Montgomerys 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 45 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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