Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ned Carter, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Ned Carter registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Walker County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
about 1862
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Ned Carter

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ned Carter
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 28, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Walker County
8 months
Years in the precinct
8 months
Years in Texas before Walker County
4 years
Signature, as written
"Alex his X mark 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

4 years

Ned Carter reported 4 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 24 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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