Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Carter, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Green Carter registered to vote in Madison County on November 16, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Green Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Carter
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Madison County
- 14 months
- Years in the precinct
- 14 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Green Gaston"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsGreen Carter reported 17 years more in Texas than in Madison 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 12 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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