Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edmond Carter, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Edmond Carter registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 26, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1868
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Fort Bend County

Edmond Carter

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edmond Carter
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Fort Bend County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Carter in Fort Bend 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 40 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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