Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Carter, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Alford Carter registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Alford Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Carter
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Galveston County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carter in Galveston County
- Auscar Carterreached Texas about 1849
- Charles Carterreached Texas about 1862
- Monroe Carterreached Texas about 1863
- Oscar Carter
- Samuel Carterreached Texas about 1866
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 45 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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