Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Carter, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Moses Carter registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Moses Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Carter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsMoses Carter reported 6 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Carter in Bastrop County
- Benjamin Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- John Carterborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- 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 33 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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