Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ramus Peterson, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Ramus Peterson registered to vote in Bexar County on July 9, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Ramus Peterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ramus Peterson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 22
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Peterson in Bexar County
- Moses Petersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- Wellington Petersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
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 11 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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