Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Tucker, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Peter Tucker registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 12 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 2 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Peter Tucker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Tucker
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- Aug. 12 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Collin County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Collin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsPeter Tucker reported 5 years more in Texas than in Collin County.
Other freedmen named Tucker in Collin County
- Albert Tuckerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Isaac Tuckerborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1862
- Wilson Tuckerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Tuckers 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 26 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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