Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Carter, Austin County, Texas, 1867
William Carter registered to vote in Austin County on August 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 2 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
William Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Carter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsWilliam Carter reported 8 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Carter in Austin County
- George Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1829
- Isaac Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- 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
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 33 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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