Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Carter, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Peter Carter registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Austin County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Austin County

Peter Carter

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Carter
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
September 3, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Austin County
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Carter in Austin 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 43 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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