Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Carter, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Alex Carter registered to vote in Harrison County on July 11, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Alex Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Carter
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsAlex Carter reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Carter in Harrison County
- 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
- Major Carterborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1846
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 25 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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