Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Love, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Peter Love registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 9, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 27 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Peter Love
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Love
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 27 years
- Signature, as written
- "Peter Love"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsPeter Love reported 27 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Love in Kaufman County
- George Loveborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1865
Loves 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 4 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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