Comal County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Peter, Comal County, Texas, 1867

Henry Peter registered to vote in Comal County on July 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Comal County. Comal County registered 76 freedmen in 1867, 9% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Comal County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Comal County

Henry Peter

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Peter
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Comal County
Registered
July 22, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Comal County
1 year
Years in Texas before Comal County
14 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Comal County highlighted
Comal County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Henry Peter reported 14 years more in Texas than in Comal County.

Peters elsewhere in Texas

All 10 freedmen named Peter in Texas

Variations of Peter

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 2 of the Comal County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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