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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Walker County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Barney Carter reported 7 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Other freedmen named Carter in Walker County

Carters elsewhere in Texas

All 139 freedmen named Carter 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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