Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Carter, Hill County, Texas, 1868
Charles Carter registered to vote in Hill County on January 31, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Hill County
Charles Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Carter
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Covington
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Hill County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carter in Hill County
- George Carterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
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 16 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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