Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Carter, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Carter registered to vote in Harrison County on July 13, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Samuel Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Carter
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 28 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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