Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Carter, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Henry Carter registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Brazoria County
Texas
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
25 years
In the county

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Henry Carter

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Carter
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Brazoria County
25 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Carter in Brazoria County

Carters elsewhere in Texas

All 139 freedmen named Carter 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 19 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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