Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gabriel Peterson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Gabriel Peterson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Gabriel Peterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gabriel Peterson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Peterson in Colorado County
- Moses Petersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Petersons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Peterson
- Peters 13
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 20 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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