Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Floyd, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Peter Floyd registered to vote in Dallas County on August 21, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Peter Floyd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Floyd
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Floyd in Dallas County
- Hayden Floydborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1854
- Sam'l Floydborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
Floyds 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 17 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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