Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Zekiel Cartright, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Zekiel Cartright registered to vote in Madison County on November 19, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Zekiel Cartright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Zekiel Cartright
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Madison County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Neil Cartwright"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsZekiel Cartright reported 20 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Cartrights elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Cartright
- Cartwright 12
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 13 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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