Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Barnes, Victoria County, Texas, 1869
Peter Barnes registered to vote in Victoria County on November 25, 1869. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
Peter Barnes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Barnes
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "By act of Congress"
- Signature, as written
- "James Coffie"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Barnes in Victoria County
- Aleck Barnesreached Texas about 1866
Barneses 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 22 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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