Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Anthony McCarter, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Anthony McCarter registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 23, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 15 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 Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Fort Bend County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

Anthony McCarter

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Anthony McCarter
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Fort Bend County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
6 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Anthony McCarter reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Variations of McCarter

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 38 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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