Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Carter, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
John Carter registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
John Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Carter
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJohn Carter reported 16 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Carter in Bastrop County
- Benjamin Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Moses Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Nelson Carterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Peter Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
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 12 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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