DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Edwards, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867
Peter Edwards registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 31, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
1852186018621864186618681870
In DeWitt County
Peter Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Edwards
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
Other freedmen named Edwards in DeWitt County
- Daniel Edwardsreached Texas about 1839
- George Edwards
- Nat Edwardsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1867
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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 16 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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