DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Howard, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867

Peter Howard registered to vote in DeWitt County on August 2, 1867. He reported 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in DeWitt County, Texas
23 years
In Texas
23 years
In the county
about 1844
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1844 to 1870

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In DeWitt County

Peter Howard

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Howard
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 2, 1867
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in DeWitt County
23 years
Years in the precinct
23 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

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 18 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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