Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wellington Peters, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Wellington Peters registered to vote in Bexar County on July 11, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Wellington Peters
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wellington Peters
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Bexar County
- 8 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 14 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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