Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Carter Foster, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Carter Foster registered to vote in Harrison County on July 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Carter Foster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Carter Foster
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsCarter Foster reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Foster in Harrison County
- George Fosterborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Giles Fosterborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Humphrey Fosterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
- James Fosterborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1857
Fosters 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 14 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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