Black History: PETER BARROW (1840-1906)

Rev. Peter Barrow moved his family from Mississippi to Spokane, Washington in 1889. Almost immediately upon arriving, he began to involve himself politically and religiously in the city’s early life.

According to Union Army Pension Records, Barrow was born into slavery in 1840 near Petersburg, Virginia, and as a child, he was taken to a plantation near Cosita, Alabama. When the Union Army came through the area early in 1864, Barrow took his freedom and reached Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he enlisted in Company A, 66th U.S. Colored Infantry on March 11, 1864. He remained in the Union Army until March 1866. Barrow served in Louisiana and Arkansas during the remainder of the War. Watch the video for more info... Please click the Subscribe button, to help us grow a small community of people who actually care about themselves and others.