Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Carter, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
John Carter registered to vote in Burleson County on November 26, 1869. He reported 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
John Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Carter
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJohn Carter reported 10 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Carter in Burleson County
- A. Carterreached Texas about 1862
- John Carterreached Texas about 1863
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 35 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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