Fannin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Hamilton, Fannin County, Texas, 1867
Peter Hamilton registered to vote in Fannin County on July 12, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 16 of them in Fannin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fannin County registered 437 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Peter Hamilton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Hamilton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fannin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Fannin County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Years in Texas before Fannin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsPeter Hamilton reported 9 years more in Texas than in Fannin County.
Hamiltons 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 1 of the Fannin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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