Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Carter, Hill County, Texas, 1867
George Carter registered to vote in Hill County on July 18, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hill County
George Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Carter
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Towash
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Hill County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carter in Hill County
- Charles Carterborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1858
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 2 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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