Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Carter, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Albert Carter registered to vote in Walker County on August 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Walker County
Albert Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Carter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Walker County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Albert his X mark Carter"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carter in Walker County
- Barney Carterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Gus Carterborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- James Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- John Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Lewice Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
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 5 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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