Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Peyton, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Henry Peyton registered to vote in Colorado County on August 8, 1867. He reported 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Henry Peyton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Peyton
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Peyton in Colorado County
- Joseph Peytonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Sandy Peytonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1861
Peytons 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 33 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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