Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Carter, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Charles Carter registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Charles Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Carter
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 28 years
- Years in the precinct
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carter in Fayette County
- George Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Lambest Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Willis Carterborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1840
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 41 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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