Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Carter, Brazos County, Texas, 1868
Spencer Carter registered to vote in Brazos County on January 29, 1868. He reported 6 years in Texas, 5 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Spencer Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Carter
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearSpencer Carter reported 1 year more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Carter in Brazos County
- Allen Carterreached Texas about 1849
- John Carterreached Texas about 1861
- Kelsey Carterreached Texas about 1842
- Nelson Carterreached Texas about 1849
- Philip Carterreached Texas about 1848
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 32 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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