Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Carington, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Carington registered to vote in Walker County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Anderson Carington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Carington
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Andrew his X mark Carrington"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsAnderson Carington reported 8 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Caringtons 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 11 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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