Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Petty, Caldwell County, Texas, 1867
Solomon Petty registered to vote in Caldwell County on July 23, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Solomon Petty
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Petty
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Petty in Caldwell County
- Cullen Pettyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
Pettys 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 10 of the Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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