Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wiley Carter, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Wiley Carter registered to vote in Davis County on July 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Davis County
Wiley Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wiley Carter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Davis County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carter in Davis County
- Abram Carterborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Albert Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Florence Carterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Luke Carterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Moses Carterborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
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 Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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