Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Derroh Carter, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
Derroh Carter registered to vote in Wilson County on July 18, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Derroh Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Derroh Carter
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsDerroh Carter reported 11 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
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 3 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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