Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Major Carter, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Major Carter registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Major Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Major Carter
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsMajor Carter reported 20 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Carter in Harrison County
- Alex Carterborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
- Anthony Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Benjamin Carterborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Jerry Carterborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Levi Carterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
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 9 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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