Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Carter, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Washington Carter registered to vote in Galveston County on July 13, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Washington Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Carter
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carter in Galveston County
- Alford Carterborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1867
- Auscar Carterreached Texas about 1849
- Charles Carterreached Texas about 1862
- Monroe Carterreached Texas about 1863
- Oscar Carter
Carters 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 41 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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