Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Perry, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Peter Perry registered to vote in Colorado County on November 25, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 10 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Peter Perry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Perry
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsPeter Perry reported 2 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Perry in Colorado County
- Lewis Perryborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1839
Perrys 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 61 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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