Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Barney Carter, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Barney Carter registered to vote in Walker County on August 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Barney Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Barney Carter
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Barney Carter"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsBarney Carter reported 7 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Carter in Walker County
- Albert Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
- 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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