Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Carter, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Carter registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Benjamin Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Carter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsBenjamin Carter reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Carter in Bastrop County
- John Carterborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- 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 20 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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