Sabine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Cartwright, Sabine County, Texas, 1868

Henry Cartwright registered to vote in Sabine County on November 26, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 20 of them in Sabine County. Sabine County registered 10 freedmen in 1867, 1% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Sabine County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
40 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1828
Reached Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1828 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Sabine County

Henry Cartwright

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Cartwright
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Sabine County
Precinct
5
Registered
November 26, 1868
Years in Texas
40 years
Years in Sabine County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Years in Texas before Sabine County
20 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Sabine County highlighted
Sabine County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

Henry Cartwright reported 20 years more in Texas than in Sabine County.

Cartwrights elsewhere in Texas

All 12 freedmen named Cartwright 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 16 of the Sabine County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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