Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Reed, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
Peter Reed registered to vote in Bexar County on November 26, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Peter Reed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Reed
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Reed in Bexar County
- David Reedborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- William Reedborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1846
Reeds 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 54 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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