Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wiley Peters, Chambers County, Texas, 1869
Wiley Peters registered to vote in Chambers County on November 31, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 3 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Reg'd from Galveston" beside his name.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Wiley Peters
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wiley Peters
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 31, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Chambers County
- 4 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1865"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Wiley Peters"
- Remarks, as written
- "Reg'd from Galveston"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsWiley Peters reported 4 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.
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 7 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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