Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Carter, Parker County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Carter registered to vote in Parker County on August 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Parker County
Jerry Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Carter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Parker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Carter in Parker County
- Stephen Carterborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
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 7 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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