Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Carlton, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
James Carlton registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 26, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 27 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
James Carlton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Carlton
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsJames Carlton reported 27 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Carlton in Bastrop County
- Archiball Carltonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1837
- George Carltonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1862
Carltons 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 28 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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