Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Washington, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Peter Washington registered to vote in Anderson County on August 13, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Peter Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Washington
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Anderson County
- George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- George Washingtonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- George Washingtonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Hamilton Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
Washingtons 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 19 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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