Trinity County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Bagley, Trinity County, Texas, 1867
Peter Bagley registered to vote in Trinity County on August 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Trinity County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Trinity County registered 204 freedmen in 1867, 26% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Peter Bagley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Bagley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Trinity County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Trinity County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Trinity County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Harry Valey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsPeter Bagley reported 11 years more in Texas than in Trinity County.
Bagleys 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 1 of the Trinity County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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