Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Rice, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Peter Rice registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Peter Rice
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Rice
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Rices 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 48 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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