Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Carroll, Freestone County, Texas, 1867

Peter Carroll registered to vote in Freestone County on August 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Freestone County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Freestone County

Peter Carroll

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Carroll
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Freestone County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 17, 1867
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Freestone County highlighted
Freestone County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Carroll in Freestone County

Carrolls elsewhere in Texas

All 19 freedmen named Carroll 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 27 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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