Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Peyton, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Joseph Peyton registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Colorado County, Texas
Mississippi
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 Colorado County

Joseph Peyton

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph Peyton
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
July 18, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Colorado County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Peyton in Colorado County

Peytons elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Peyton 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 14 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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