Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Carter, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Carter registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Austin County
Isaac Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Carter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Austin County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carter in Austin County
- George Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1829
- Jesse Carterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- John Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Peter Carterborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Winn Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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 27 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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