Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bedford Cartwright, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Bedford Cartwright registered to vote in Austin County on July 27, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 33 years in Texas, 21 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 33 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1834 to 1870
Bedford Cartwright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bedford Cartwright
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 33 years
- Years in Austin County
- 21 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsBedford Cartwright reported 12 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Cartwrights 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 10 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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